When Christmas shopping with my SIL we were trying to find a kids cooking apron for her almost 2 year old. We found a couple for around $25 each, but they were all designed for 4-6 year olds and would have swam on her. We thought about getting a kids painting smock instead ($10-15 each), but the whole non-cooking-look was just not good enough. So I attempted to make one for her birthday last week. My sewing skills are very lame (I can sometimes sew in a straight line & hate measuring fabric) so I used a tea towel as a base. I neatly cut hacked the sides and some of the top off and stitched seams. Sewed some ribbon for ties on. I attempted to get fancy and put a ruffle along the top but realised I didn't have a hope. It kept pulling into a circle so I made it into a flower with some bling in the centre to cover my dodgy handsewing.
The tea towel cost me about 67 cents (clearance special), the ribbon was lying around from a gift I'd been given, and the bling was a button saved from a scary piece of clothing I was given once. I also spent about an hour of my time to make it. Even to make this from full priced materials would have cost me about $7 at most and I spent less time making it than we originally did looking for one in the shops! Plus it fit her and the ties give her room to grow. 
this is really really cute!
ReplyDeletewhat a cool idea :)
Thats awesome! What a great present :)
ReplyDeleteNice Kids Cooking Apron! who made this? is it a child? cause it very nice.
ReplyDeleteI made it for my 2 year old neice, but a child who can sew straight lines on a sewing machine could easily make one!
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