Great Idea!

When I saw this and this, I knew I had to make them. But for who and what for…. I didn’t know. So I kept it in the back of my mind until I had an A-hah moment.... Easter is coming and I have nieces and nephews that I have to get something for. Why not an apron.? Great idea! But then I just can’t give them an apron…. It’s Easter. So then I saw these buckets at the dollar store, and it got me thinking. Apron, bucket, what am I going to do with these.... Cookies, of course! So I am making them each a basket full of goodies. An apron to wear when they bake, cookies to bake and a bucket to carry it all in. I am also of course going to put a little chocolate and some other goodies in…. it is Easter after all. Their mom’s love to bake with them, so I think this will be a hit.

The first two I did, I followed the tutorial regarding the measurements. But for those measurements, it makes it a good size apron for a child of ages 8-12 and then again, I would make it a bit smaller for the 8 year old. In fact, I tried it on and I could get away with wearing it. So after I made those two, I decided to make the other ones smaller. Considering they are for a 2 year old and a 4 year old. So I cut the material down to 21” (1” for the hem) and went in 5” on either side instead of 4” and kept the 9” down measurement. The piece I cut off was going to be thrown into the scrap pile until I had another A-hah moment and took it back and made it into a pocket. They all turned out pretty nice and I think all the kids are going to love them.

I went to a home décor store to get the tea towels and they were not cheap to buy, but I have to say when I opened them up I was not impressed. The fabric was not as nice as I first thought, in fact, it is the same fabric tea towels I saw at the dollar store minus the embroidery. And I wasn’t impressed with it there. Then the one with the ruffle I had to fix because they didn’t even sew it correctly/nicely. They had caught the ruffle/pleat at the top (see picture). So I had to rip out the stitch and resew it. Nothing major, but you would think you would get better quality considering where and what I paid for it. Just more proof to show that the care and time does not go into mass produced items.

Have a great weekend!