Dishtowel Apron For A Little Cooker

I want to apologize in advance. These instructions are pretty awful because I did not keep track of the process as I went, and I am so new to sewing that the proper lingo eludes me. You will need A dishtowel. Pick a festive, yet inexpensive one! A measuring tape Tailor’s chalk in a contrasting color to your dishtowel Thread Sewing machine or a needle and patience for handsewing Scissors or other fabric cutting device An iron and ironing board Start by measuring the apron recipient to determine how long and wide the apron should be. G is just a smidge taller than 3 feet. I made the apron 18 inches long, so I cut the fabric at 19 inches, allowing for a .5 inch seam allowance, in which I folded the edge over twice for a more finished look. Mark the desired length from the bottom up, and cut the remaining fabric from the top. Then measure, mark and cut for the width. I cut at 11.5 inches, to make a 10.5 inch wide apron, with a doubled over .5 inch seam. The dishtowel should now be cut to size with two finished edges left. In my case, I had a finished left and bottom. Fold, pin, press, and sew your the right or left edge (whichever is unfinished). As noted, I folded the edge at .5 inch and then over again so that the apron would have a nice finished look in the back. For the top of the apron, finish the hem straight across in the same manner as on the side . Then fold in the top corners to create a tapered top. I measured, folded, pressed, pinned and then stitched creating a .5″ hem. To make the neck and ties, I used the longer piece of excess fabric. I cut it into three strips. I took the first strip, and with the right side of the fabric face-down, I folded the right and left edges in, lengthwise, so the edges just kiss in the middle. I then pressed the folds. Then I folded the strip lengthwise again, this time in half, and pressed and stitched, leaving me with a long strip with finished edges. I repeated this process with the next two strips. For the pocket, I cut a piece of leftover fabric from the original top of the dishtowel. I had two finished edges (left and top) so I pressed matching hems on the right and bottom – I made them a little wider the .5″ so I was sure they would be sewed into place when I attached the pocket.. I then pinned the fabric into place and stitched the left side, the bottom, and the right side at .5″. I sewed the length of the entire piece of fabric, rather than pivoting, to give the corners of the pocket a little extra reinforcement. Tada! And that is the poorly described process of turning a dishtowel into a toddler-sized apron. Again, my apologies.