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February 19, 2011

Toddler Jean Apron with Ruffles


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My daughter loves to work in the kitchen (real and pretend :) )
I have been wanting to make her an apron for a while - and today I finally sat down to do it....

You can see the other aprons I have made here and here.  They were larger - made for teens and adults - but also made from upcycled jeans and colorful fabric. 
This one for my 4 year old daughter was made much smaller.

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I pieced together a couple bits of jeans, sewing a colorful piece of fabric in the middle.

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I also had a toddler apron that I used as a guide - but you could just eyeball it.  The final dimensions were 17" tall and 15" wide a the bottom, 7" wide at the top. 

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I let my daughter pick out some fabric colors that she liked from my stash, and made some ruffles to sew onto the front...

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Then, I added the fabric lining around the edges...a full tutorial can be found in this post.

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I wear my aprons ALL the time, and now my daughter has a pretty, handmade apron to wear when I wear mine:) 
They are super easy - go try one!

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8 comments:

  1. Alejandro "Alex" LevelFebruary 20, 2011 at 2:09 AM

    Hi there Lindsay!

    Say, I'm in Mérida, Venezuela (where we have no Starbucks) do you think you could send me a scanned image of the Starbucks Cardboard Sleeve opened up?

    I've looked and looked on the Internet but no luck.

    Thank you SOOOO much in advance,

    Alejandro Level

    My e-mail is alejandro.level at g mail dot com

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2011 at 4:47 AM

    I made an apron out of a dress, skirt and a shirt over at Mel's Cabin blog, I hope while you're blog hopping you'll drop over for a visit.http://cabinfever228.blogspot.com/2011/02/dress-skirt-and-blouse.html
    Mel's Cabin visited you today.

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  3. MelanieFebruary 20, 2011 at 3:10 PM

    What a great idea! I love this...thanks for sharing! I found you on Under the Table and Dreaming and am now a follower.

    Melanie
    youmadethat.blogspot.com

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  4. UnknownFebruary 21, 2011 at 12:11 AM

    Very cute and pretty way to reuse jeans! Thanks for sharing.

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  5. extreme personal measuresFebruary 21, 2011 at 9:48 AM

    adorable

    Denise
    Extreme Personal Measures

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  6. Amanda LeeFebruary 25, 2011 at 10:41 PM

    Sooo cute! Even cuter after I realized you let your daughter pick fabrics from your "stash" and not your "trash" -- time to update the eyeglasses prescription :)
    ~Amanda

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  7. AllieMakes!March 10, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    How cute! What a great re-fashion!
    Thanks for linking up to Making It With Allie last week! I can't wait to see what you have for this week!
    AllieMakes.Blogspot.com

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  8. Laurel {Make and Takes}March 17, 2011 at 9:28 PM

    This is the cutest! My kids would love these. I'd love for you to submit this to the M&T Spotlight at http://www.makeandtakes.com/spotlight

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