I finished Mark's apron. I had an idea in my mind of how it would go together and I'm glad it worked out.
I wanted it to be lined. I used another apron from work for the pattern of the apron body and an apron pattern from home for the ties and neck thing. I cut two for the body. One from the pepper fabric and one from some off-white cotton that I had. My plan was to sandwich the ties and neck strap between the front and back of the apron.
It worked great! The sandwich method conceals all the tie and strap ends and makes the edges look neat and tidy and the extra layer of cotton fabric on the back gives it the heavy duty feel that I wanted. I topstitched along the edges and it looks wonky in places but I'm not too worried about it. It's just dude apron and it's gonna get dirty.
I added a pocket for fun and also to help secure the back to the front but I kinda like it better without the pocket. Either way I'm happy with how it turned out and will probably use this method if I make another apron in the future.
I experimented a bit with this week's baby hats. I decided to add three purl rows to the hat on the top left. It's ok. I think I spaced them out a bit too much. I'll try again with less space between the rows. How boring is that light pink hat. Oh well, maybe some of the kids will like it.
No Pokey or Ripley pics today. Just a positive affirmation from my guru, Tina Belcher.
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