Timeless Treasures Fabric Giveaway & Two Sweet Reversible Apron

I've got double the goodies for you today - a brand new tutorial and a fabric giveaway to go with it.  Check out these adorable Baking Bunnies prints & matching solids from Timeless Treasures.  They have such fabulous spring colors and designs.  And just in time for Easter with those cute bunnies!  

I'm going to show how to make them into my retro-style, double look, Two Sweet Reversible Apron AND give you a chance to win all these fabrics for yourself!!

Let's start with how to make the Two Sweet Reversible Apron and then onto the giveaway!

You'll Need:
- 1 yd Timeless Treasures Cooking Utensils White 
- 1/2 yd Timeless Treasures Soho Solid Breeze
- 1/4 yd each of Timeless Treasures Baking Bunnies Yellow, Baking Bunnies Cupcakes 
- 1/4 yd each of Timeless Treasures Soho Solids Canary and Ice
- Sewing notions (yardstick, rotary cutter/shears, pins, iron)

Cut the following strips:
From the Breeze cut (2 sash) 4 inch high by 44 inch wide, (2 waistband) 4 inch high by 22 inch wide and (1 neckband) 3 inch high by 21 inch wide pieces.

From the Canary cut (1) 3 inch high by 44 inch wide 
From the Cupcake cut (1) 6 inch high by 44 inch wide 
From the Ice cut (1) 3 inch high by 44 inch wide 
From the Utensils cut (1) 5 inch high by 44 inch wide 
From the Baking Bunnies cut (1) 7 inch high by 44 inch wide 

Cut the following main pieces:
From Cooking Utensils, cut (1) 19 inch high by 44 inch wide rectangle and (2) rectangles 12 inches high by 11 inches wide for the top portions.  For the top pieces, round off the top corners and sides using a plate or bowl.

Stitch together all the strips lengthwise with a 1/2 inch seam allowance.  Add the waistband strip at the top and then the top portion above that.  Press down the seams.  



Fold in half and use a yardstick to create the angle sides (basically make the bottom edge 5 inches wider than the waistband) and cut.

Fold the neckband strip (the 3 inch by inch piece) in half lengthwise, with right sides facing, and sew together one short end and along the length and turn right side out.  Press & topstitch, then pin and baste along top of apron like this, with about 5 inches between the ends:

Make the other side of the apron with a 22 inch wide strip of Breeze, the remaining top and the 19 inch by 44 inch rectangle of Cooking Utensils and stitch & trim together as done previously:

Now take the sash pieces and stitch together around the length sides and one short end, but make the short end diagonal to create a point.  Trim, turn, press and topstitch:

Line up the raw ends of the sash pieces with the raw ends of the waistband on one of the aprons and baste to hold:

Now at the top of the waistband, the seam allowance was pressed down like this:

Carefully clip into it at the corners where the meets the apron top and then flip them up like this.  Do the same on the other apron.  This creates a seam allowance to sew the two sides together and to avoid catching the sash ties in it while being sewn together.

Pin the two apron sides together (right sides facing) all the way around.  Make sure the sash ties are tucked inside so they won't get caught while sewing around the edges.  Stitch together, leaving a 2 inch gap at the bottom for turning.  Trim around seam allowance, clipping curves and corners and turn right side out.  Press, topstitch to close gap and give a nice finish.

I made my top portion a little too wide & curvy, so I folded the edges inward on one side and stitched them down and sewed some mini pom pom trim over the seams.  I actually like this look even better and it adds a little more interest to that side.

Ta-da!  A fun, baking-themed apron is ready for some tasty kitchen creations and has two sweet ways to wear it:)

Now how about winning these fabrics to make your very own?  

One lucky winner will receive:

- 1 yd Timeless Treasures Cooking Utensils White 

- 1/2 yd Timeless Treasures Soho Solid Breeze

- 1/4 yds each Timeless Treasures Baking Bunnies Yellow & Baking Bunnies Cupcakes 

- 1/4 yd each Timeless Treasures Soho Solids Canary & Ice

That's 2 1/2 total yards of lovely springtime fabrics!

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