I finally added half aprons for waitresses and craft show vendors to the product line of my Etsy shop. I write "finally added" because I have been wanting to do this for about a year and only just got around to making and listing the first one a few weeks ago. Yay! The design of these half aprons is based on my own craft fair apron, but with some tweaks that fixed some problems that I found while wearing them at my first craft shows.
The apron is constructed with two rectangular panels of fabric, one larger than the other. The smaller panel forms a large pocket section that is divided into three roomy pockets. The waist edge of the larger panel is shaped with two darts for a better fit at the waist. The darts also serve to create the extra room needed for your hands to easily access the center pocket. I realized from wearing my craft fair apron that the placement and size of these darts were very important for the functionality of the center pocket! The thing I love about these aprons are the endless fabric combinations you can choose. This is my first time using the Little Kulka stacking matryoshka dolls fabrics. I have used the owls and the pink Queen Anne's Lace fabrics before, but I coordinated them with new fabrics which was fun.
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| Close up of the pencil pockets |
One of the side pockets has two slim pockets that are added for stowing pens or pencils. These pencil pockets are also in my apron, but I lost my pencil a few times in these pockets because the pocket sections are pretty long. I fixed this by making the pencil pockets about half the length.
I also decided to add a zippered pocket to the center pocket of these aprons. I thought it would be nice to be able to ditch the cash box and just carry everything on me. The zippered pockets are really cute on their own - they remind me of those Le Sport Sac bags from the 80's.
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| A view of the zippered pocket after it is sewn into the apron. |
I have only made the aprons pictured here (so far!) but I have many more planned, whenever I can get around to them :)
