I never thought that I would enjoy sewing so much. Although I made a ton of mistakes during this project, it was still a blast!

I first started by drawing out a rough design of what my apron dimensions would be. I wanted to do custom measurements. In hindsight, I should have followed something similar to the recommended dimensions because my apron ended up being a little too skinny. I’ll be sure to be more careful when I do my next apron!

After cutting out my fabric, it was time to get sewing. This brings me to the most exciting part of the project…troubleshooting the sewing machine (Joking). During the moment, I was frustrated; In hindsight though, I am grateful. I spent around an hour trying to get it to work and during that hour, I learned a ton about the intricacies of the machine. It was super rewarding when I finally got it running.

It was now time to make my first stitch. I secured my fabric on the machine, lined everything up, and started going. During the first couple seconds, I hit the pedal too hard while performing the reverse stitch and ended up bundling the fabric. This ended up creating a weird knot that I had to cut out with scissors. However, when I made the cut, I ended up taking out a piece of my fabric, creating a small hole!

This wasn’t the type of start I was anticipating, and I was initially pretty upset. However, since it was near the corner of the fabric, I realized that I would be able to fold it over and sew over the patch. It ended up looking like this at the end after being patched up.

After that rough start, everything was running smoothly. I successfully finished sewing up the apron, and it was time to sew on the straps. Things were going well until I ran into small issue with the neck straps. I initially sewed the straps so that they were extending horizontally from the fabric (I wish I had a picture, but I forgot to take one). This made it so that when I put on the apron, it bundled up awkwardly towards the top. To fix this, I folded the strap over on itself and created a little triangle stitch. Here’s how it ended up looking.

After fixing that strap, my apron was done. Overall, I was pretty happy with the end result.

 

Cost Estimate

Main materials:

• 1 yard of plaid fabric: $8 (Walmart)
• 1 yard of cloth strap: $1.40 (Amazon)
• Thread: Pennies

Labor:

• 5 hours * $12/hour (Reasonable wage for an amateur) = $60

TOTAL COST: ~$70