Strawberries Apron

Strawberries Apron

                                       

Strawberry blonde was the color of my oldest sisters’ hair when she was younger. Her hair is now more of a sandy blonde color.  She happens to also like objects with strawberries on them or shaped like strawberries.  So when I found a strawberry print fitted sheet at the thrift store about a year ago I immediately thought of that sister.  I also thought I could use it for part of an apron I had imagined making for her as a birthday present. 

When the time came for her birthday I talked myself out of making her the apron I had planned for her.  My reasoning was she already had aprons and it would probably be lame for her to get another apron.  About a week after her birthday had passed I still had not thought of something else to make for her. I felt defeated. So in frustration I asked for her help in knowing what to make for her.  She laughed and said she would go through my Pinterest board called Old Timers Habits. 

I use my Old Timers Habits board differently from my other boards.  For example, I use a ruffle from one pin, or a cut from another, or a material I like from one pin that I want to use in a way not demonstrated in the picture.  This creates something new that has be informed by others works but is not a duplicate of others works. In contrast with my mother boards which I often use as the other person has posted it for use.

Prior to her saying she would go through my Old Timers Habits board.  I had never consider using it as way to have someone pick out what they would like from ideas I have already been collecting.  A good amount of my pins are base parts for birthday present ideas for different family members.  It was nice to know that whatever she picked it would be something she liked.

Then enters my kind of humor to the situation.  She picked out an apron. Not just any apron( I have a lot of aprons pinned), but a series of aprons that I had originally picked out for her, with a piece I liked here and a piece I liked there for the apron I had originally wanted to make for her.  I had to laugh.

Materials:

Strawberry print material- thrift store fitted sheet           1.50

Green cotton material- left over from another project       0.00

Pink Striped material-thrift store flat sheet                      2.50

Flower buttons- left over from a family members' project  0.00

Thread- left over from other projects                                0.00

Total Cost

                                                                                        4.00