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I finally finished the apron and I have a few pictures to share with you here.  I am happy to announce that I have now begun sewing a pair of pajama pants and my camera is now behaving so I will be sharing that project with you soon.

In the meantime, let me finish telling you about sewing the apron.  I sewed the pocket on to the front and then started sewing the neckband. The directions for sewing the neckband told me to fold the fabric right sides together and sew a seam, then turn it right side out.  I did not follow those instructions because I prefer an easier sewing method.  I pressed the neckband in the middle, wrong sides together, then pressed each side to the fold in the middle.  Then, I pressed again and edge stitched down each side of the neckband.  At that point, I pinned the neckband to the top of the apron.

The top was then turned down twice, as shown in the bottom two pictures above, and then edge stitched on each side.  This also enclosed the neckband.

After sewing the neckband to the top of the apron, the next step involved hemming the arms.  I will show you that in the next post. 

Aprons make great gifts and are a quick and easy project.  You could sew an apron in a holiday fabric and you could also choose to embellish the apron by sewing some machine embroidery on the bib of the apron.  The embroidery could be a holiday design or a monogram.  You could also choose to sew some decorative designs in holiday colors around the edges of the pocket.  This particular apron sewing pattern is quite easy and is a lot of fun to sew.

Happy Sewing!

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