My plain white linen/cotton apron is now structurally complete, sewn entirely by hand, and I’m very happy with it:
The top stitching took a while but it looks OK I think:
Difficult to get a sense of scale from the photo but the stitches are just under 1/8th of an inch. I’ll be working some kind of embroidery on it when it knows what it wants to be, so the top stitching will be less obvious when there’s some decoration in place. It’s definitely a blank canvas at the moment.
I’m very impressed by the pattern and the way the pieces fit together so perfectly. The fit is pretty true to size too. I’m a UK size 8-10 and I made the Small, which fits really well. I trimmed about half an inch from the centre front as my shoulders are quite narrow, and I made it a tiny bit longer.
The second apron (same pattern) is now under construction, pieced fairly randomly from hand-dyed cotton and linen fabrics.
I’ve used a couple of hand-printed fabrics on the front; this one was from Hippos in Hats on Etsy and I’ve been saving it for just such an occasion as this:
…and with the hand stitched outline completed (it’s just straight stitch with cotton thread over the printed outline):
I’ve also used a couple of eco-prints from Jane Hunter, to which I’ve added a bit of very simple embroidery with colonial knots and straight stitch:
As before, I’m stitching all the seams by hand:
The lining for this one is very lightweight calico which I dyed a while ago. I wasn’t keen on the way the grey/red turned out, but it will do just fine as a lining. There wasn’t quite enough so I’ve added pieces of the same fabric in turquoise/brown:
I accidentally dropped this earthy orange scrap onto the apron after stitching the front and sides together. I really like the splash of colour against that green and magenta/purple, so I’ll find a way to add it somewhere.
Looking forward to seeing this one done.
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I love it! I ordered the pattern and hope to be making one soon!
Enjoy! 🙂
Perhaps the orange could be an extra, secret pocket? With a button & flap?
possibly… 🙂 thanks for the suggestion!
Wow the white apron looks great and the colors in progress on the other one I’m sure will be just a beautiful.
thank you 😊 Looking forward to seeing how it turns out
Lovely
thank you 🙂
the top stitching is simply beautiful … elegant even
and I do so love the secondary colors together … all the variations of orange, green, purple as they bounce back and forth within the bounds of yellow, red and blue
thanks so much, Liz. I do love tertiary colours. I find you can usually put any combination together and they don’t fight at all. Hoping this one proves that theory correct! 🤞🏻
I can tell it’s going to be Beautiful! 💙
thanks so much Pam, I hope you’re right 😊
That’s beautifully top-stitched – it does add a lovely finish, doesn’t it!
thank you! quite a therapeutic process really, much nicer than stitching by machine
Yes, so much nicer than machine top stitching. I’ve been quite converted over the last couple of years!