Sunday 21 June 2015

Christmas in July - almost

Well, it's not quite July, but it is certainly cold enough at the moment for a Northern Hemisphere Christmas right here in Australia!

In an effort to try and complete some of my "smaller" projects, I decided to work on my Christmas apron.
 And... it's taken along time to percolate in the zip-lock bag it was in.  

  • Fabric and pattern purchased in 2009. 
  • Shapes traced onto fusible web in 2009.  
  • Applique fused and stitched onto background in 2014.
  • Finally put together a few weeks ago.  

 To get the shape/size of the actual apron, I traced around the shape of my favourite apron, then I knew it would be a perfect fit and it is.
Stitching this apron was quite a break away from my normal things to do, but the book I got the layout and letters from was so lovely and with many nice Christmas items contained in the pages, that I couldn't help myself.  I just had to make it!

I am looking forward to preparing Christmas dinner, wearing my new apron. :)

** Applique Pattern:  'I Believe' book by Nancy Halvorsen for Art To Heat.  Pub. 2009.

3 comments:

Jo said...

Very nice...

elliek said...

The joy of knowing that the fabric won't go off and still be there when you want to use it. Such a great apron.

BizarreQuilter said...

I love it!