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Monday, November 1, 2010

Fat Quarter Aprons

First of all, if you aren't a follower of Prudent Baby, you must go check out their blog right now! Theses ladies have such great projects for babies and toddlers. Secondly, they have a great tutorial for how to make an apron out of a Fat Quarter. They're also having a Fat Quarter Apron Contest (entries due by November 10th) where you can put all of your creative juices to good use to win an AMAZING pack of 22 Anna Maria Horner Innocent Crush Fat Quarters!

I was in need of a birthday gift for a couple of my girlfriends and I decided a Fat Quarter Apron would be the perfect gift!

So off to the fabric store I went. The great thing about a Fat Quarter Apron is that it only uses a fat quarter! So I splurged on some fabrics that otherwise would've been out of my price range, but were only $2.50 for a fat quarter!

Here's what I came up with...


I used coordinating double fold bias tape around the perimeter of my apron and double fold quilt binding for the ties (I simply sewed it closed and it was perfect!).


So all in all, each apron cost about $7 to make! And they are super cute! I didn't fancy mine up too much, but there are lots of cool things you could do to them using decorative trim, adding pockets, appliques, the possibilities are endless! And just in time for Christmas!

Now I just have to make one for myself!


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7 comments:

  1. Cassie BustamanteNovember 1, 2010 at 9:54 AM

    these are adorable, rebecca! and they would be reat christmas gifts- just pair them with some whisks and spatulas and some pancake mix!

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  2. Giveaways for MomNovember 1, 2010 at 1:13 PM

    Following from Mom Blog Monday! Hope you'll visit me at www.giveawaysformom.com :)

    While you're there, I hope you'll enter my LOW ENTRY giveaways & add any giveaways you have to my DAILY giveaway linky!

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  3. LizNovember 1, 2010 at 7:06 PM

    Those aprons are so cute, I like the pattern! Oh, and I love Anna Maria Horner. She is my hero. :-)

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  4. Gwen @ Gwenny PennyNovember 1, 2010 at 11:56 PM

    These turned out so cute! The blue/green/gray is my favorite... great choice of fabric. Nice work!

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  5. UnknownNovember 2, 2010 at 9:04 AM

    Newest follower from Monday's Blog Hop! I love those quarter aprons!! I will have to check out the blog with the tutorial. Thanks!

    http://oklahomahomemaker.blogspot.com/

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  6. Teaching with GraceNovember 3, 2010 at 7:45 PM

    I love these! Can you possibly share the dimensions of them? Or, better yet, a tutorial? I think these would be wonderful presents this year!

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  7. Rebecca@This Present LifeNovember 3, 2010 at 10:11 PM

    @Cadiedid - Thanks! They would make great Christmas presents! I wish I could take credit for the design, but I followed Prudent Baby's tutorial. Here's their link:

    http://www.prudentbaby.com/2010/09/fat-quarter-apron-tutorial.html

    You'll have to let me know if you make some!

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