Last week the kids and I went to our local education store. All of the employees were wearing cute aprons. They were full aprons that had several pockets. When I needed a pen at checkout time an employee handed me one from her pocket. I thought this was a great idea.
So, I went home and looked through my fabrics. I had really thinned out my stash over the summer and gave lots of scraps (both large and small) away. However, I had a pair of jeans that were a little tattered. I decided to see what I could do with them, and this is what I came up with.
Isn’t it cute? Everything used to make this blue jean teaching apron were things I already had in my craft stash. The fabric I used for the appliques even had Heat-N-Bond already on it from a previous project.
The first thing I did was to cut off the blue jeans (adult size) just above the crotch. Then I cut up the sides so that I had the back of the jeans separated from the front of the jeans. The final cutting step was to give the bottom edge a little bit of a curve to it. I liked that look better than just leaving it straight.
To cover the raw edge of the jeans I stitched on some red bias tape. I simply opened the bias tape and pinned it to the apron, sandwiching the jeans between the layers of bias tape. Then I used a regular stitch setting to sew along the open edge.
Next, I stitched some rick-rack around the pockets and near the waistband of the jeans. I ironed on a schoolhouse and apple shape I had cut out from fabric that had Heat-N-Bond on it. The final touch was to use fabric paint to add a few fun designs.
The apron needed a tie so I used a bandana that I cut into 3 inch lengths that I sewed together until it was long enough to tie around my waist comfortably.
Note: to make this a n0-sew project you could use fabric glue to add the rick-rack and bias tape.
This was such a fun project that will be handy when kids need a bandage or crayon.
