Sewing Sunsets

The apron is finished, so I’ll share the last few steps with you here and in my next post, I’ll show you a picture of the finished apron.   This is an easy project to sew and would also be an easy project for beginners as well.  You might consider sewing a few aprons to give as gifts this holiday season.

Unfortunately, I don’t have pictures to show you of sewing the ruffle because my camera decided to misbehave during that stage of sewing construction.  The ruffle pattern was a straight piece placed on the fold.  I cut three of these, finished the short edges of the ruffle, and then sewed those seams together and pressed them open.  After sewing the, the ruffle pieces together, I then sewed a narrow hem on the outside edges and bottom of the apron.   Of course, this was all pressed well.  The next step was to gather the upper edge of the ruffle.  When I gather, I like to use a stitch length of about 5.  Also, I prefer to sew the first row of gathering at 3/8 inches and the next row a little less than that.   This ruffle was then pinned to the bottom of the apron.

When sewing the ruffle to the main body of the apron, I had to be very careful that I didn’t catch part of the apron in the stitching.  Of course, I did just that in two places, had to do some un-sewing, and re-stitching. 

After the ruffle was sewn to the apron, I serged the seam and pressed it toward the apron.  The seam was then pressed toward the apron and I used the edge stitch foot to edge stitch along the bottom of the apron.  This allowed the seam to lay flat against the apron.

Because I don’t have pictures, I almost forgot to tell you that prior to sewing the ruffle, I sewed the apron ties and then sewed them to the side of the apron.  The ruffle is sewn to the apron after this step is complete.

Happy Sewing!

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