So I made this gardening apron for a sweet friend and it's turned out to be one of my favorite aprons ever. C'mon. How cute is it anyways? Yeesh.
It's, of course, made from just scraps, really. The main panel is from a seriously-old piece of oil-cloth-ish material I thrifted; the ties are still-yet more fabric from my re-do of the army parachute pants; and the pockets are off a pair of my son's blown-out jeans.
So I've put together a how-to so that everybody can share in the gardening apron good times. Just click over here: Easy Peasy Gardening Apron.
I've made a small stack of gardening aprons (like this one for my friend who really wants to be a flower farmer) from that wonderful book A is For Apron--which, if you don't already own or haven't checked out from the library yet, you really should. It's loads of fun.
I've liked them, but found the pocket trickier than somebody just starting to sew would probably want to mess with. And I'm partial to the wrap-around-the-front tie. And also, I like to cut up and re-use clothes. So, this is my version. Kudos to the other one too.
Plus--how fun is it to use old jeans? Especially in a way that maybe doesn't scream I USED OLD JEANS (which is always my beef about projects that use old jeans.) This little number is the perfect storm of Refashion and Scrap Use, my two favorite Sewing Categories.
Go make one, eh?
