The Gathering Apron

OK...

I told myself, self, you've been cooking every weekend for weeks,
poor Nathan has had enough of making fried pies,

it's time for a break.....

Time to sew something,

time to tend to the herbs,

time to view the sun rise,

 in other words,

me time!

This last weekend I did all of that and them some.
(Still baked some sweet breads and made a pan of enchiladas though).

Oh well....

I took Nathan to his other grandma's this weekend
leaving me with plenty of uninterrupted sewing time.
(I did send along one of the sweet breads though).

Anyway...

There have been pictures and talk posted of sewing aprons,

cute aprons.

Brendie made the cutest apron for Sue

 and she posted links to apron projects.

I want a new apron!

Mine is really looking ratty so I had an excuse for a new one.

After much searching and clicking back and forth,

 I found the apron I wanted to make,

The Gathering Apron









The purpose of this apron is to be able gather your veggies, eggs, fruit, herbs...
whatever in the front.

You thread the waist ribbons through buttonholes in the hem,

 gathering it all up into a pouch that you tie at the waist.

Very cleaver!!!

The main fabrics and ribbon I purchased  about three weeks ago

especially for this project and the accent fabrics are from my stash.

I mostly followed the instructions,
but.... 
I don't do button holes!!!

Hum...

I know, I'll make belt loop thingies, that should work.

Yep, it did!
(I made the belt loop thingies out of the blue ribbon).

And I could make it reversible.

Yep, I did!

I still need to finish the other side with the ribbon and the belt loop thingies.

I like it, but....
 what's up with the blue again?
Am I changing from a green person to a blue person?

I feel better now that I've done some sewing
but,
I'm a little concerned about the color shift....
I'll have to do a little research in my color book to figure it all out.



 

Almost forgot to tell you....

After our cooking marathon last weekend,

 Nathan and I went to rest on the front porch.

He wandered off and came back with this plate

of freshly picked strawberries and lemon balm leaves for me to snack on.

He did the arrangement himself.

I'm so impressed, he knows the rule of three!!!

 

He's so sweet, I'm glad he puts up with me!!!!

(When you start rhyming it's time to quit).

I hope you're having good times too.

Till next time,

Bonjour

Morning coffe time