Intermediate | 34 min
Taught by Michele Muska
Learn how to make a professional looking shop apron featuring ample pockets and crisscross straps with Michele Muska of Simplicity Patterns. Based on a vintage apron pattern, this classic design has been updated for the modern sewist and is available in three different versions for men, women and kids (Simplicity Pattern #8151). Equally at home in the wood shop, the painting studio, or the kitchen, we’ve dubbed this versatile cover-up the official apron of Creativebug.
Learn how to:
  • Make straps
  • Sew darts
  • Sew buttonholes
  • Apply interfacing and work with denim
  • Make sew-on pockets

What you’ll get:
  • Step-by-step expert instruction on making a denim shop apron featuring ample pockets and crisscross straps
  • 5 HD video lessons you can access online anytime, anywhere
  • Detailed supplies list and instructions from Simplicity Patterns instructor, Michele Muska
  • The ability to leave comments, ask questions, and interact with other students

Chapters
Classic Denim Apron
00:39
00:35
Sewing the Apron
11:12
15:14
Sewing the Straps
07:06
Materials
Here’s what you’ll need:
  • Simplicity Pattern #8151 
  • 1 ¾ yards denim (or other utility fabric)
  • 6" fusible interfacing
  • Thread
  • Pins
  • Fabric shears
  • Sewing machine with buttonhole foot
  • Denim sewing needle
  • Iron and ironing surface
  • Fabric marking pencil
  • Seam ripper
  • Bias tape (optional, if substituting for straps)
Discussion
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