I meant to post a long time ago some sort of explanation for this picture of aprons. I'm just getting to it now. My good friend Tarimisu gave her kids a cute little play kitchen for Christmas and wanted to also give her kids aprons. In response to her plea for help, Boss and I agreed to see what we could do. So while at Mom and Dad's for Thanksgiving, that was one of the many projects we worked on--aprons for her three kids, plus Schmoo, BigZ, MJ, and Sam (and one for myself). I hadn't really planned on making all those aprons, but they were cute, and Schmoo was so excited about his... I kind of plan on making more for other nieces and nephews, but I'm nervous about getting them the right size without having a kid in front of me to be my model. Here's a picture of me working on Schmoo's apron.
My trip to Mom and Dad's for Christmas was less project filled than Thanksgiving. Instead, I came home and got working on some things--like shower curtains. When I lived by myself in my basement apartment in Minnesota, I made a shower curtain, complete with cute bows. However, in putting on the cute bows, I didn't think about the fact that I was putting on 8 bows, and most shower curtains have 12 holes for the rings (and thus 12 rings). And then there was the issue that having the bows tied around the rod wasn't very slide-y. For these reasons Marty has let that be my shower curtain and has only had a liner in his shower.
Recently I decided that I'd rather his bathroom have the green shower curtain so that I could get a purple one for my bathroom, and yesterday I found fabric that I liked on the discount table at Wal-Mart. The transformation of the green shower curtain was fairly easy. I did have to learn how to make button holes, but that was the hardest part. And now, the cute bows are gone, and Marty is quite happy with the shower curtain that attaches to his current rings. Today he even commented on how it really gave the bathroom a warmer feel. The button hole technique worked so well on the old shower curtain that I used it again on my new one. And for about $5 plus labor, I have a new pretty shower curtain.
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Looks great!!! I've been attempting some sewing projects too. I'm keeping them on a smaller scale. Baby bibs,recieving blankets and burp towels. I figure they will come in handy someday soon hopefully. I love JoAnn's remnants for these projects especially when they are having 75% off sale, like yesterday. You'll have to teach me the aprons next time your in MN. Sounds like a good gift.
Fabulous! And the aprons are magnificent!!!!! They came as an added bonus a few days after Christmas, which the kids thought was great because BONUS PRESENTS!!!! Truly to you and Boss, THANK YOU more than you ever know! The kids love them and they totally complete the kitchen ensemble, plus they look SO cute in them (I can't wait to post pictures). And your other projects look wonderful as well!
Awesome work! Afer all those button holes you are sure to be an expert now! Your shower curtains are beautiful!
i have never learned how to do button holes...so now I know who I will get to teach me! Good work! Plus thanks for the cute aprons.
My children still pray for you and Marty regularly, and out of the blue today, one of them said, "Who's Marty and Sonnet?" So, I had to go back a while, but I finally found these pictures to show them. How cute! They thought it was so neat that Marty had a cat and a dog! So, just wanted to let you know we are still keeping you in our prayers.
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