Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Nevermind the model, it was the best I could get with such short notice. ;-) And sorry about the picture quality, but what can you do when you only have west facing windows, eh?

I don't know where the idea came from exactly, but I lay in bed one evening, unable to sleep, and the idea for this apron popped into my head. I call it the kamikaze apron because the simple idea turned out to be quite difficult to turn into reality!

The amount of seems I've had to rip; it's not even funny! But I persisted and I'm quite happy with the result. However, the tutorial I had planned on making for it... well, it will have to wait, because I'm not even sure myself how I managed to put it together in the end!

I am going to do a tutorial, though, so I can make another apron, without all the flaws of this one. Ha! However, as I understand it, flaws can be zakka, so I guess it's mission complete. This apron seemed simple enough, but it wasn't. I kinda like that. Difficult seems simple and simple seems difficult...

Anyway, the thing about this apron is that you're supposed to tie it at the front, so there are openings to pull the tie through. Why this is a good idea, I don't know. But that's ok. One half of the apron is a teatowel for drying your hands. It can be un-buttoned in the middle so it's twice the size. The other side of the apron is a large pocket made from linen.

The teatowel buttoned with a juniper button.

Top of the pocket. You may just be able to see the green leaves stitched at the edge.


Whiplash project

Labels: aprons, sewing, whiplash