A little gifty sewing, a little piecing, a little quilting...
I made a bunch of these simple aprons for holiday gifts. They are fun and easy to make and my favorite time saving trick is to carefully stack several fabrics and that way I can cut about 5 at once! Here's more on that technique. This Holiday fabric is a hoot! Santa and his reindeer in Scuba gear. There's probably a lot of ways to finish the raw edges but I generally use one of two ways. Because of the goofy fabric I made this one reversible. It's an easy finish to just put right sides together and quick turn, press and sew down the edges. Here's the reverse side. Light weight Home dec. fabrics are a good choice for this kind of project. The other way to finish is the good old narrow hem . As in this one. I've got lots of cute Food type fabrics in my stash. It's fun to go searching for just the right print to match each person I'm gifting. Since my last post I've also had time to finish quilting this quilt. I think this quilt s...