Look What I Can Do...

Last Christmas Scott and I were walking around doing some Christmas shopping when I complained to him that I didn't have an apron. We decided to stop at a kiosk in University Mall to take a peek at how much they were. Wow...25 bucks just so I don't spill on myself. "What a joke!" I said. "I can definitely make one for less than that! Plus, I may as well just buy a new shirt because that is less than these aprons would be!" (Yeah, hold your comments on me being a cheapskate...) Scott encouraged me to "Just get one..." while I threw a minor tantrum on how expensive a stupid apron is.

Fast forward to 1 month ago. My mom calls me up and says, "Hey, for my ward's super Saturday we are going to make aprons. I thought it would be fun if you came up and we made them together." Sweet. The perfect opportunity to prove that I could make one of those dinky things and save myself some moo-lah.


So, of course I waited until the night before to go to the fabric store. I had my little supply list in hand and knew exactly the type of fabric I wanted. I walked in, looked around and ah, alas, found exactly what I was looking for. Scott and I walked to the counter to have them cut me 3 yards and woah....$33.00 later I was walking out of the store. So much for saving moo-lah. Scott chuckled at me under his breath but knew better than to bring up the fact that we actually could have saved money by me getting a pre-made one.


The next day I drove to Kaysville to get my sewing on. I cut out the pattern, simple enough...and started sewing straight lines. Easy right? Well, it turns out that we were making flouncy aprons. (Who needs flouce anyway?!) The frustration began to set in when we started sewing around the curves and people around me started saying things like, "Okay, so you are going to want to unpick that." and "You need to take a fold in the fabric." Part of me wanted to stand up and yell, "Speak English you sewing Nazi or focus on your own project!" while the other part of me wanted to lie at their feet and beg, "Please, for the love of Pete, help my sewing incompetence!" After about 5 hours of solid work we finally finished. Here are the final products...

Despite the imperfections in the final product, I think it turned out pretty cute. I've decided I'm totally going to get back on the horse and make another one but definitely not in one sitting.

Mom's final product