Pinterest Party Apron Tutorial

This apron was used as a fun party favor for my Pinterest Party, but it can really be adapted to any fun theme.  The apron is a simple and inexpensive way to add a little flare to an event or just a fun item to make for yourself.

Material needed:
-Home Depot apron
-strip of fabric 6"X36"
-Fabric Glue
-All Purpose Craft Paint
-Decorating item (in this case it was a fabric swatch cut into the Pinterest P)

How To:  
These Home Depot Aprons are priced very reasonably at a mere .77 cents, you can buy them in the store or order them here.  I recommend ironing them before starting your project.

The first thing to do is makeover the front square.  Take your All purpose craft paint and paint over the orange square, let this dry according to the instructions on the bottle before advancing to the next step.

Once dry, take your apron and decorate the now painted square.  Some ideas would be to use silk flowers, painting a design or applique.  In this case, I used a fabric cut out to resemble the Pinterest P and coated it with fabric glue.

While this is drying, start work on the ruffle.  Take your long strip of fabric and fold it in half length wise and iron.

Do a gathering stitch along the length of the fabric about .5 inches from the edge.

If you are unfamiliar with a gathering stitch, click here for a great tutorial.  You will be left with something that looks like this.

Now pin your gathered fabric to the back of the bottom of the apron to add a nice ruffle.

Now stitch a straight line just above the bottom of the apron to attach the ruffle and voila, you just completed an awesome apron to hand out at your party!

PINTEREST PARTY!

The Pinterest party had arrived and it could not have been more fun!
  The day seemed to rush by and Jackson's nap time was not nearly enough time for me to get everything ready.  The past several days I had been working on all the decorations and a special gifts for all the girls so the house was a disaster.  I spent the morning cleaning and then rushed to get everything decorated.

I put a pretty swag on the front porch.

I made a chalkboard sign to hang on the door.

My favorite decoration had to be the kitchen chandelier with tissue paper pom poms.

The girls arrived and everybody was so excited! We hit up the food first and enjoyed all the new recipes.  It was a great turn out.

The crafting began and we all had great expectations....

 

We soon realized that there were some kinks to the party that we would definitely need to change before the next one.  For example, we had too many crafts to complete in one night. So maybe next time we would hold a vote for just one or two crafts that everyone would do together.  Or, each person can just bring a craft that they have been wanting to do.  Either way I think would work out better logistically.  However, even with all the hiccups, I don't think we could have laughed harder! We had such a great time.  

I made the aprons for each girl to wear, I think they went over well.  Towards the end of the night we were laughing at how the placement of a giant red P might not have been the best.  But then, it was pointed out that the apron with the giant red P could be a great warning flag for our husbands and a handy tote.

Needless to say, we had fun being silly, eating and crafting...getting the girls together is always a fun time and we are really looking forward to the next gathering.
(The crafts completed at the Pinterest Party can be found here on my Pinterest Party Board)