daddy's apron Click image to enlarge Designer: Lisa Falduto For Christmas this year I wanted to come up with a gift for my husband that I could make by hand. So I came up with the idea for a tool apron mostly because when he works with his tools he leaves them everywhere, some never to be seen again! So I thought maybe this would be a handy way to keep them in one place while he is working on projects around the house. I also wanted it to have a touch of our 4 year old daughter in it who also loves to play with daddy's tools, so I added her picture and a title for the apron to make it fun and from both of us! Difficulty rating
Instructions (Print version)
1. Cut a piece of the denim fabric 18"x22" on your craft mat using your 12-in-1 Sewing tool measuring tape, your rotary cutter and acrylic ruler as a guide. 3. Take the 18"x22" piece and lay this out with the 18" side facing you. Now fold the bottom up 9" and press in place with a warm iron creating a crease all the way across. 4. Now with the 9" panel you just created fold 2" of the top under and press to crease. Your 9" panel will now measure in the front about 7". 5. Now looking at the fold/crease you just created there is about 6" of raw material above. Fold the top 3 3/4" half over the back and again press to crease. 6. Now take your piece of twill and sew it in to place on both the top and bottom edges about 1/2" down from the top of the pocket fold making sure to first unfold the flap out from the back. You do not want to sew the flap down yet. The ends of the twill will be hanging over the edges of the apron. 7. After you have the twill sewn in place use the piercing punch in your 12-in-1 sewing tool to poke holes in the twill and insert the Li'l Davis brads spacing them as you like. I only used the plain brads with the lines and not the travel themed brads. **Note: Make sure to leave 2" on each side of the apron without brads so you will be able to sew the end seams without the brads getting in the way. 10. Turn front pocket flap piece inside out along the crease at the bottom. Stitch seams on each side at 3/4" and finish raw edges off using a zigzag stitch. Turn right side out and press. 12. Next we will create the front pockets for the tool apron. I measured in 4 1/2" from each side and used a straight stitch from the top of the pocket to the bottom of the pocket. This will create 3 pouches which include a large center pocket and two more narrow pockets on either side. 16. Select a photo you want to add to your apron. I chose a 5"x7" picture of my 4 year old daughter holding some of daddy's tools! I then printed this photo on my T-Shirt transfer paper. I created a heart template using a scrap piece of cardstock and placed it on top of the printed picture and cut it out. You will have to adjust your heart to fit the size of what you want cut out of your photo. Now follow your manufacturer instructions to place your photo on the ivory fabric swatch you have chosen. When complete, cut around your heart shaped photo with pinking shears leaving 1/4" to 1/2" of solid fabric color as a border. I then set my zigzag to the mini setting and used that stitch to go around the printed photo border separating the fabric cut border and the photo as shown. I secured the heart on to the tool apron using an iron on sewing adhesive according to manufacturer directions. Make sure you purchase a double sided fabric adhesive.
19. Using your Ultra shapexpress cut out the word "Daddy" from the Letters 1 template using scrap cardstock. Place these letters to the right of your heart near the bottom of the apron and trace around each letter using a fine black permanent marker.
20. Mix your gold paint with your fabric medium according to manufacturer instructions. Use your paintbrush to fill in the letter you have drawn, leaving the black outline around the letters showing. You may want to do a second coat depending on your fabric, paint, and other factors. I chose to do a second coat on my letters because fabric was still showing through slightly after the first coat was dry. My manufacturer instructions told me to heat set my paint after it was dry. Make sure to follow the recommendations on the paint product you purchased.
Supplies Fiskars 12-83717097 18x24 inch mat |
