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Sassy Garden Apron Embroidery Project

By Pat Williams on April 06, 2021

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Some Experience

TIME REQUIRED

02:30

FINISHED SIZE

14 x 11.5 inches

Description

This quick gardening apron is a joy to make and give any time of year. The two deep pockets are perfect for carrying your gardening tools.

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Materials

5” x 7” embroidery hoop

¾ yard Black Cotton Canvas (this will make two aprons)

¾ yard Garden Print Cotton Canvas (this will make two aprons)

2 yards of 1” back twill tape (this will make one apron)

White fabric marking pen

Cut-away stabilizer to fit your hoop

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/pat-williams/designs/1/gards01

Step 1:

Cut 14” x 25” rectangles of both the outer and lining fabrics.

Step 2:

Fold the outer fabric in half widthwise so you are working on a 14” x 12 ½” apron.
Measure up 4” from the bottom folded edge and 4” from the side edge and mark where you want the embroidery to be. I mistakenly measured in 5” from the side edge as you can see in this picture, but we loved the apron anyway so left it as it is. Extend you markings vertically and horizontally to have cross hairs for hooping.

Step 3:

Tautly hoop the outer layer of fabric with cut-away stabilizer aligning your crosshair with the alignment marks on your hoop.

Step 4:

Follow the color chart to embroider the design

Step 5:

Trim the excess stabilizer around the design.

Step 6:

Lay the lining fabric right sides together over the embroidery. If you are using a directional print, the top of the print will look upside down over the embroidery and facing the other end of the apron.

Step 7:

Pin or clip around all sides of the lining and outer fabric. Mark a 4” or 5” space along one side to leave an opening for turning.

Step 8:

Turn back the fabric on the top edge of the apron. This is the end without the embroidery. Cut two 1 yard pieces of twill and insert between the lining and outer fabric 5/8ths” from the top edge of the fabric and matching the end with the side edge of the fabric. Tuck the strap inside the apron making sure the straps will be away from the seam edges. Do this on both sides of the top of the apron.

Step 9:

Stitch around the apron with a ½” seam allowance starting at one edge of the area you will leave open and stopping at the other edge of your opening. Backstitch at both the beginning and end of the opening.

Step 10:

Clip diagonally across all 4 corners.

Step 11:

Turn the apron right side out through the opening using a point turner of other object to form the corners.

Step 12:

Press around the whole apron turning in and pressing the opening seam allowance inside of the apron.

Step 13:

Press the lined fabric in half, lining sides together, bringing the top of the embroidery section to meet the top of the apron. Press the fold. Fold the top of the apron 2” to form the pocket borders and press.

Step 14:

Topstitch around the whole folded apron a scant ¼” and then a second time ¼” from the first stitching.

Step 15:

Measure in 7” from the right-hand side of the apron and mark a line from the bottom of the apron through the top of the flap at the top of the pocket. Starting at the lower edge stitch through marks to the top edge of the pocket; pivot and stitch ¼” across the top of the pockets, pivot and stitch back down to the bottom of the apron ¼” away from your original pocket stitches.

Step 16:

Tie the apron around yourself or a dress form to see if you want to shorten the length of your ties. Add 1 ¼” to the finished length you want. I trimmed off 4” from each strap.

Step 17:

Fold under the end of each strap ¼” and press. Fold up 1” and press. Stitch a square and cross on the end of each strap to secure.

Step 18:

Congratulations your Sassy Gardening Apron is complete! Tie it on and enjoy working in your garden, or give it to your daughter, as I did, to get this happy response.

For the love of embroidery…
Pat Williams

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Meet the Author: Pat Williams

Award winning Digitizer, Embroidery Educator, Author and a Consultant to the Industry, Pat Williams has 30 years of experience in the embroidery industry. Pat has won multiple awards for her digitizing expertise including the 2007 Impressions Awards Grand Championship, Best of Show as well as the 1st and 2nd Place Awards. Pat’s love of digitizing has afforded her the opportunity to write numerous articles for Impressions magazine in the United States and Images Magazine in Europe. In 2001 Pat was named “Embroidery Educator of the Year.” For many years Pat taught digitizing seminars at the ISS Shows in Long Beach, CA and for Compucon software. She now resides in Tucson, AZ.

Sassy Garden Apron Embroidery Project

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