How to Sew a Cross Back Apron Part 1

hi miss Mary from the daily so welcome to part 1 of my three-part video tutorial on how to make this apron this apron features a cross back which makes it very comfortable to wear it doesn't have that BAM coming around the neck strap coming around the neck that tugs down on your neck and you're trying to do whatever you're trying to do and you're wearing the apron off this is very comfortable and also Chris doesn't have the time very comfortable it is a easy project in fact I've used it to teach people how to sell it goes relatively quick and it only takes a yarn 15 mins white fabric if you have 45 or 44 inch white fabric it takes a yard and a foot and I'll show you both layouts in this video so if you're ready let's go alright first you're gonna start with your washed fabric you'll need a tape measure scissors rotary cutters haven't handy if you have one you'll also need something to mark fabric with like tailors chalk pins you'll also need thread and you can use all-purpose for all of it or you can also use some topstitching thread and we'll go over thread in part two you're gonna need a ruler a safety pin which is not shown and an iron first take your tape measure and measure at the where the top of the apron is going to lie and note it will go down in the back so take a note of that measurement and then figure out your desired length and take a note of what that measurement is alright let's figure out what size pattern pieces we need my measurement was 37 inches around plus I'm going to need that overlap in the back and the overlap can be 10 to 8 inches but this is up to you you can have less especially if you need to fit it into your fabric that does include the seam allowance though for the ends so I'm going to cut mine 47 to 45 inches width wise and then you've got your desired length your a chest to desired length measurement and mine was about 30 inches plus I'm gonna need some seam allowance a minimum would be about a half an inch but you may want to inch or you might want a deep hem so that's up to you and you can figure that out and add on how much you need for your seam allowances so I'm gonna make my apron body 32 to 33 inches in the height so my apron body the body the main piece of the apron is going to be 47 to 45 and 30 by 32 or 33 let's tuck straps you're gonna cut them 5 inch wide to make a two inch wide finish strap that does include a half inch seam allowance I also know from making this apron many times a 22 inch long strap is good but you need to add the seam allowance to that so a half inch minimum seam allowance for the short ends make it 23 to 24 inches long by 5 inches wide Puckett's also note for my big phone and my hands got a finished pocket that is 7 inches wide by 8 inches tall is a good size pocket for this apron but you need to add seam allowance when you cut it out so we're going to cut it 8 inches wide that's a half inch seam allowance by nine and a half inches tall that's a half inch seam allowance on the bottom edge and a 1 inch seam allowance on the top or open edge of the pocket oh yeah and you're gonna need two straps so cut two out two pockets cut two of those and one apron body let's talk layout so I have 58 inch wide fabric which the linen comes pretty easy lay out here 15 inch wide fabric I'm gonna place my apron body in one of the corners and then I'm gonna stack my pockets over here to the side of the body and I'm gonna put my straps across the top if I have 45 inch white fabric or 44 however what it comes these days and most of these fabrics are printed so really by the time you take off that white selvage where the ink isn't you got 44 to 43 inches to work with here so I'm gonna put my apron body since it is wider than it is tall I'm gonna put it going the width on the length of the fabric and the height of the apron body going on the width of the fabric it's a kind of opposite here so that's the top of the apron the bottom of the apron and then I'm gonna put my straps here on the side since I have ten inches left to work with I can get the two five inch straps and then the pockets will stack over here as well now with a lot of printed fabric does your print run what direction does it go across that way you're in luck does it go the long way well if it does you can put your apron body going across the fabric you might want to piece your apron body that way to get it wide enough or just have the less of an overlap in the back it is up to you all right start every project with ironing your fabric I see a lot of tutorials where people don't iron their fabric and it drives me nuts get the wrinkles out for a more accurate cut for more accurate measurement [Music] that's the cut edge and that's the selvage edge of your fabric the selvage edge is the edge that's woven tight and that's where it was on the loom which fabrics like linen you can leave it on or take it off that's up to you I was always taught to take it off but with printed cotton clip quilting Cotton's you might want to cut it off because some of those selvages can really pull the fabric off grain go ahead and lay your fabric out it's time to mark and cut it lay it out get it nice and straight and start from the corner and mark over how wide for your apron body I must 47 inches wide so I'm gonna find that on my tape measure and make a mark then I'm gonna go up mark go measure over 47 inches make a mark repeat so now I have the right edge of the fabric up on the top of the screen and that's where I'm going to place my pockets as you remember from the layout Oh notice that I have a dip in my fabric there from when it was cut off the bolt this happens sometimes so if it happens to you like you did to me just double-check that you have enough room to stack your strap on top of your apron body I ended up not having enough or it was super close so I moved my strap over to the upper right corner and left that Center just kind of where it's dipped down low that just went into the scraps so you do have to sometimes compromise on the height of your apron body I did I shortened my apron body a little just to get my straps to fit but as long as you're willing to fit it all in there and be flexible you're good you always want to make sure that your fabric is pretty much on grain there's not have to be perfectly on grain but close so that you get an accurate drawing and accurate cuts of your pieces it is important for the drape of any project and then we're going to put the straps across the top which is now on the bottom of the screen [Music] also as we've drawn the straps we will be drawing in the top of the apron body [Music] [Music] and then the end you'll have the two straps the body and the pockets marked out go ahead and get those cut out and if you have a rotary cutter since everything is just straight lines or to recut her and a big ruler it makes cutting out a whole lot easier than the scissors but it's your choice and in the end you'll have one apron body two pockets and two straps look at those all cut out and join me in part two when we're going to talk about thread choice we're going to make the apron body we'll make the straps and the pocket so if you have any questions please put them in the comments below join us for part two thank you so much for watching and bye [Music]

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Keywords: Apron, Sewing, Sewing Tutorial, Beginner Sewing

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Length: 10min 35sec (635 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 18 2018