Recently at the Keep Athens Clarke County Beautiful Toast in the Garden event I donated a gift certificate for merchandise or services. The winner had seen another apron at the event made from a man's shirt and wanted me to make one for her. I didn't see the other auctioned apron so I made up my own patterns.
For this apron I removed the sleeves of both shirts and made them into a skirt. I took the pocket from the dark shirt since it was getting in the way of the top; made a similar pocket out of the plaid and put them on the skirt. I got out my trusty seam ripper and removed the back and then re-stitched the collar. After the back was removed from the dark shirt I angled the fabric from the collar to the waistband. The backs of both shirts were used for the waistband and the ties.
For this apron I just used the front of the shirt by cutting a straight line just under the collar and then angling it to where I added the ties. I removed the collar from the shirt and added it to a neckband that I attached to the apron front. I sewed the front opening of the shirt down and then added ruffles around the edge from the contrasting shirt. I made two pockets from the sleeves and thought ruffling might be nice for those also. Ties were made out of the contrasting shirt.
Now we're ready for some fun in the kitchen!
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