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Child's Apron & Chef's Hat
 My great-nephew Patrick loves to help his mom in the kitchen, and dressing up in
costumes is loads of fun too. So for his 4th birthday I made him a chef's
hat and reversible apron. The project only took a couple of hours
and was relatively inexpensive. My instructions are for child-size; simply
adjust the measurements if you want to make adult-size. The reverse side
of the apron simply reverses fabrics (i.e., on one side fabric A is the apron &
fabric B is the pockets; on the other side B is the apron & A is the pockets).Materials Needed
1½ yards fabric A
1½ yards fabric B
2 yards double-fold bias tape
You can buy bias tape, but I prefer making my own; it's far less
expensive, plus it'll be an exact match to the fabric you're using.
Click here for
detailed instructions for making your own bias tape. The fabrics I chose
for Patrick's apron and hat are from
eQuilter. They have loads of cute food-themed
fabrics!
The Apron
With fabric marker or chalk, following the measurements shown here, draw
one-half of the apron shape on the fold of fabric A. Cut out the apron.
Leaving it folded, place it on the fold of fabric B and cut an identical piece.
Unfold the two apron pieces and iron out the center crease. (see
Figure 1)
From both fabrics A and B, cut your pocket piece 11-inches x the width of the
apron. Fold in half, right side together with long sides meeting, and sew
a ¼-inch seam along the long edge creating a tube. Turn right side out and
iron flat so that the seam is about ½-inch from the ironed edge.
On each apron piece, pin the contrasting pocket piece to the right side of the
fabric about 1-inch below the curved edge of the apron. Sew in place
following the dash lines shown in
Figure 2.
From either fabric A or B, cut your apron ties piece 3-inches x 26-inches.
Sew it into a tube exactly as you did for the pocket piece, then cut it in half
so you have two apron ties. Sew one of the ends (of each piece) closed,
then turn the ties right side out and iron flat.
Pin the apron ties' raw edges to the front of one of your apron pieces, above
the pocket, and attach them with a ¼-inch seam. Leave the tie pieces
folded in on the apron piece (as shown in
Figure 3)
and pin them so they'll stay out of your way for the next step.
Pin your two apron pieces together, right sides facing, and sew a ¼-inch seam
around the bottom portion of the apron as shown in
Figure 4.
Clip the 2 bottom corners, turn the apron right side out, unpin the apron ties
and stretch them out flat, and iron.
Iron the top edge of each apron piece under ½-inch and sew them together close
to the top edge. Then sew along the bottom edge of the pockets piece as
shown by the red dashed line in
Figure 5. (This step helps retain the shape of the
bottom of the apron after washing and drying.)
Cut two pieces of double-fold bias tape 30-inches long. Pin and sew to
each side of the apron as shown in
Figure 6.
Your apron is completed!
Chef's Hat
Joanna Armour provides an excellent tutorial for making the chef's hat.
Click here to view
it. You'll want to visit her blog,
Stardust Shoes, and check out her many other fabulous projects!
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