Thursday, December 22, 2011

liz's guide to made up sewing.

just like reupholstering, i dont see how hard it can be.  you just put some fabric together, put it under the machine and carry on.  therefore, i decided to make my sister an apron for christmas.  she has dreams of being a domestic diva and thinks that owning an apron will make her a good cook.  well atleast she will look cute in her attempts.  so first, i found the apron that would serve as my muse (thanks, Anthropologie.com!).  the pic is a little blurry but you get the gist.

 from here i headed to joann's fabric to find what most closely resembled these colors.  a little disappointed with the way the orange fabric looked after i left the flourescent lights of the store but it is what it is.   with fabric in hand, i went home and spend a good hour on the computer researching how to sew, how to sew aprons, how to sew ruffles, how to sew a skirt, everything you need to know and so much more about sewing.  then, i got to work.  here are a few pics of the process:



i legit just made up what i was doing.  its obviously not perfect by any means and im sure any experienced sewer could pick out a million things i did wrong but hey, im pretty proud of it!  i debated making and selling them but i think the time it took me to make it completely outweighs and money i could sell this for.  it is thursday now and i have been working on it every night since sunday for about 1-3 hrs each night.  maybe with practice I could whip these puppies up in a hummingbird heartbeat.  here is a pic of it basically finished, just need to finish a few more things.  hopefully it fits her because i used myself as a base and i have huge knockers.



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