Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Pillowcase Apron


A few weeks ago I found this old pillowcase at a thrift store. I didn't know exactly what I would use it for but I liked it so I bought it for $.50. I just finished up a special order for 11 tote bags for my mother in law and they were fun to make but I desperately needed to sew something different.

So my pillowcase apron was born.



The open end of the pillow case is the bottom edge of the apron.


I seam ripped up one side and across the top


I cut 6 inches off the top and this is what I used for the straps


Put right sides together and sew


Turn it right side out

I folded in the edges about 1/4 in


Sewed it shut


I then cut the strap in half so that I have one for each side of the apron.

OK now on to the pleats.

I started from the middle and went out on both sides pinning and pressing 1 inch pleats until I got to the edges.


I made the pleats to be about half the length of the pillow case, except for the middle two pleats went about 1/4 of the way down.

Sew a hem on both sides


I made a casing on the top edge about 1/2 inch


With about 15 inches of thin elastic using the old safety pin elastic trick I fed it through the casing


Sewed the elastic together


I turned the elastic to make sure the sewn together part was hidden in the casing of the top of the apron.

I attached one strap to each side of the apron, right about where the pleats stop.


And thats it! an Apron made from a thrifted pillowcase



I hope you like it!


5 comments:

Roslyn said...

Great job - I love it!! Hope you guys have a wonderful Christmas! xx

HoneySage said...

This is sooooo creative! I really like the pleats. I am placing this in my inspiration file for next year. Thanks for sharing!

Rachel Sue said...

This is such a cute idea! I would love to feature this on Reduce, Reuse, Upcycle. Feel free to stop by and grab a featured button. Thanks!

Betsy @ Anna Nimmity said...

This is adorable! I made an apron from a thrifted pillowcase, too: http://annanimmity.com/?p=1254. Upcycling is definitely the way to go!

Rita Costen said...

Excellant use of a redundant item. This I will have to try and thank you for giving us this great idea.

Have a fabulous 2012 and keep up the good work.