Apron

How have I made it this far in life without my own apron?  When my sister Brittany was home for the Christmas break she mentioned that she wanted to sew one and so we decided to do a sister project and sew aprons together.  We tried to make up our own patterns and so we ended up making it a lot more complicated than it needed to be.  So my lesson from this project:  Use a pattern when you can.  If you want to adjust or add you own embellishments to make it your own than you definitely can.  This is  something that I need to apply to more areas of life than just sewing.  Sometimes I tend to make things too complicated for myself because I want it be unique.  If I keep it simple to start out, I almost always find someway to still make it my own.

Thanks to my sister Darci for modeling for me.  And so real-like since she was currently cooking when I asked her to do it. 

The pictures don't look that great because I used it and threw it in a drawer and so it is all wrinkly.  That's another lesson...try to use a wrinkle free fabric when you are making something that is likely to get used a lot.  Basic cottons usually have some of the cutest prints but they don't always work the best for some projects.