tie one one: gingham

I finally got around to making an apron for tie one on! The latest challenge was to make an gingham apron, which was perfect since some of my cousins passed on their fabric stashes to me last year, and there were several large pieces of gingham. I ended up using two different ginghams--different sized checks of a pale minty green. One is 1/16, the other 1/4.



I used the Twirl, Girl! pattern from A is for Apron, and it worked out even better than I thought it would. I love the way this turned out, I might have to make it again in different colors, or alter it into a bib-style apron for my mother to use.


So far the only problem with it has been that it doesn't really like being photographed, especially while being worn. It's pale enough that the light keeps washing it out, so I finally just gave up and laid it out on a bed.

By the way, A is for Apron really is a great apron book--I've made three different aprons from it so far, and will be making more, different aprons whenever I get around to getting more of the patterns enlarged.