Thinking of Spring, so I made an apron!

Spring is coming up, and the bright colors are whirling around in my head. So I made a kitchen apron. Yay! My first *completed* project of the year! Stayed up all night to make this (insomnia helped) and I am so excited to post it! Without further ado...

Following patterns is not my strong suit, but I managed to stay fairly close to the plan. I added a 5th layer,(art professors are always tellin me things in odd numbers are more pleasing to the eye, and it stuck) and I made the tie straps pointy as apposed to flat, just looks more finished to me.

It started out like this
at first I couldn't figure out what I wanted to mix and match

I have a bit of a collection of clover things. And I scour the fabric aisles around St. Patrick's Day because I love it. Love the holiday, clovers, green, and my birthday's in March. So although my fabric choices may not be what you would call "cute", this apron was just something I wanted to have fun with for me :)

We don't have a lot of fabric stores around here, so I have to sift through hundreds of granny quilting prints to find a decent one. Ergo I thought the watermelon print was amusing.

My new sewing machine from Christmas has become my new best friend! I haven't used these newer machines before, and the Singer Simple is great (for me anyway). It's very basic, 22 stitches, arrows showing you how to thread it, and best of all---> The thing THREADS ITSELF. Maybe I've just been missin' out, but I've never seen it before :) You just press this little lever

and whooop! It's done. Which makes switching thread colors a breeze.

Okay, you may not think that's as cool as I did, lol. But I've already made 2 knit tops, 3 scarves, and finished this apron, so the easy threading has spared me some time. Anyway!

So that's the final productAnd I'm playing around with floral brooches I made to coordinate, maybe a little off center...
I will post the tutorial for this if you like, soon. And take pictures of every step. I thought it was a cute apron, and I'll make more, so you don't have to go buy the pattern.

Hope you liked it :)