Farm Girl Apron Tutorial from Recycled Jeans - Page 4

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Step 2: Cut Out Trim Fabric

Fold your fabric so that the 1/2 yard length is running in front of you. Fold the fabric widthwise or "hamburger" style twice so that the 1/2 yard length is across the table in front of you and the piece is about a foot tall, making it a manageable height to cut strips from.

Using a straight edge (in my case, I used a smaller cutting mat...the one with the pink numbers laid out on top of the fabric), cut strips in the following widths:

• 4.5 inches wide - cut 2
• 4 inches wide - cut 1
• 1 inch wide - cut 2

Step 3: Make the Waist Ties

Cut the 4 inch strip in half to create 2 shorter 4 inch strips. Fold them right-sides together lenghtwise or "hotdog" style so the strip appears to be about 2 inches wide. Stitch down the long side and one short side (red lines), leaving one short side open.

Fold the pieces right side out, press, and top stitch all the way around.

Step 4: Make the Ruffle

Lay the 4.5 inch strips on top of each other, right sides together. Sew across one of the short sides to create an extra long 4.5 inch wide strip.

Fold the strip lengthwise or "hotdog" style, WRONG sides together and press. Sew along the long raw edge to create a ruffle. Use a ruffler foot if you have one or set your machine to high tension and a long straight stitch. Depending on your machine, if this does not create enough of a ruffle, you may need to use my patented "scrunch and push" technique. As the name implies, you scrunch some fabric together and then push it through the machine and it stitches your "scrunch" in place.

Once you have created your long strip of ruffle, tuck the short ends inside of themselves and top stitch the ends closed.

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