Sarah from My Spare Time posted this amazingly simple apron tutorial made from a cute tea towel. Since the dollar store frequently has cute tea towels for sale (especially seasonal ones), I thought you would appreciate it! Apparently this apron takes about fifteen minutes to make. You can’t beat that, huh? You only need two supplies to make it as well, which makes it a really great dollar store craft! Make ’em for all your friends!
Heather Mann is chief editor of Dollar Store Crafts, and specializes in transforming inexpensive materials into stylish and simple craft projects. She has appeared on the Martha Stewart Show, in Reader’s Digest and the New York Times. DSC has been recognized as named one of Babble.com’s Top 10 Best Overall Craft Blogs (2011 & 2012) and Apartment Therapy’s 10 Crafty Blogs We Love (2010). Her work has been viewed by millions on the cover of FamilyFun magazine and on top websites such as RealSimple, Huffington Post, ABCNews.com, and others.
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Ok, is the comment thing new…..I am JUST NOW FINDING IT!!!
My daughter works at a pizza place and has to wear aprons…and the black ugly ones aren’t cutting it anymore. We are going to attempt this project!!!
heather
Yeah, I think it can be a little bit of a challenge to find the comments! :) Let me know how your apron turns out!
Beth Williams
Could you give some directions as to how you made the pocket at the top of the apron? Not being a seamstress, I am a bit unsure as to how it was done. Also, how did you secure the ribbon? Did you sew it on use some type of seamtape? Looks like a good idea but a few more instructions would be helpful. Thanks.
heather
@Beth Williams: If you click on the “My Spare Time” link in the blog entry, you’ll go to the actual project page instructions, which have a lot more detail than I include here. If a tutorial is located at someone else’s page, I make a point of not including ALL the info on their page, because I want to encourage people to visit the original.
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Traci
Ok, is the comment thing new…..I am JUST NOW FINDING IT!!!
My daughter works at a pizza place and has to wear aprons…and the black ugly ones aren’t cutting it anymore. We are going to attempt this project!!!
heather
Yeah, I think it can be a little bit of a challenge to find the comments! :) Let me know how your apron turns out!
Beth Williams
Could you give some directions as to how you made the pocket at the top of the apron? Not being a seamstress, I am a bit unsure as to how it was done. Also, how did you secure the ribbon? Did you sew it on use some type of seamtape? Looks like a good idea but a few more instructions would be helpful. Thanks.
heather
@Beth Williams: If you click on the “My Spare Time” link in the blog entry, you’ll go to the actual project page instructions, which have a lot more detail than I include here. If a tutorial is located at someone else’s page, I make a point of not including ALL the info on their page, because I want to encourage people to visit the original.
Hope that helps!
Here’s the link: http://www.themikkelsens.net/sarah/journal/2008/02/simple-tea-towel-apron.html