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Tutorial: Empire waist apron with gathered bib

November 27, 2009 by Anne Weaver

empirewaistapronShelley Detton from 7 Layer Studio shows how to make this apron with an empire waist and a gathered bib.  Go to the tutorial.

[photo from 7 Layer Studio]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, empire waist, apron, bib, gathered[/tags]

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Comments

  1. shelley says

    November 30, 2009 at 11:57 pm

    Thanks, Anne, for featuring my tutorial! I always have such a great time looking through the things you feature here. So many great ideas! Now if I could just have more time to try more of them….

  2. joan english says

    February 23, 2014 at 7:35 pm

    I have enjoyed making this empire waisted apron, I have made one of each of my daughters (3) then purchased some great vintage fabrics and have made three more for friends, I have added a pocket on a couple and featured a small button on the pocket. I enjoyed the whole process and now look for more fabrics to make even more, the bit I enjoy most is choosing three fabrics and each choice throws up a completely different look, really love them, thank you very much. I have your printed off instructions nearby and hope to make many more. Joan

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