Easiest Aprons Ever

Every time I go to buy fabric I have to wait to get it cut. Of course they strategically set it up so that where we have to wait is right by some really not cute Disney Princess fabric that my little girl is obsessed with.

I just have to add a little side note that I personally am not a fan of clothes with characters on it. Maybe I am depriving my child of some wonderful childhood experience but I just think its not cute. I have given in and let her now wear princess, dora, and tinkerbell pajamas, so see I'm a good mom :)

Our last trip out, we couldn't avoid the princess fabric any longer, plus it was 40% off and I love me a good deal. I had an idea of making her a little apron. This was the easiest project to do. Honestly it took me about 20 minutes to make and it has been a hit. In fact the first day she wore it literally all day. Good thing I made 2!

Here is how I did it.

I first got 3/4 yard of the fabric, this will be enough for 2.

This fabric has gathering on the top so that is why it is perfect for something like this. I did all my measuring based on the gathered party at the top.

I cut the fabric in half so I had 2 pieces about 13 inches long.

The next thing I did was measure and cut in 3 inches on each side.

Then I did what every good seamstress would do...(haha I'm totally not what you would call a seamstress) I tucked, folded, and ironed all the edges in to give me a good clean edge to hem around.

At this point I also got my ribbon ready for the ties and neck strap.

For the waist ties I made them about 12 inches each. I would make them longer than you think because you can always trim them down. I burned the edges so the ribbon won't fray and then ironed about a half inch over that I would tuck and pin into the edge when I sewed.

For the neck I gave myself about 22 inches to work with. I only sewed one side at first so I could measure it on my daughter to make sure it was the right fit.

Once I was all pinned and ironed, I was ready to sew.

I did a stronger stitch on the neck strap because I figured it would get tugged on more. It doesn't look great from the back but you can't even see it in the front.

Voila! You're done in no time and you will be super Mom for letting your child have some more princess attire.

Now all this little apron needed was a little girl to wear it.

I left the neck a little longer so that it would fit bigger kids with bigger noggins, so I do a little extra tying when she wears it. To solve this you could attach the neck with velcro so it doesn't have to fit over a head, whatever works best for you.

So here's the little Miss, in her cinderella dress up, a princess apron, and her tinkerbell dolls. I'd say I have quite the girly girl on my hands.