Josephine Sews

This won't be like my normal posts.  Since Sew4Home has really great instructions and pictures, I think it best to refer you there for construction details. A girlfriend has a birthday this month and I wanted to make meaningful gifts for her.  The first one was a robe and because I know she loves to garden, I made her garden apron. This apron should take 1 hour to make, maximum 2 hours however it took me at least double that because of mistakes and waxing the fabric. Five Pocket Half Apron I did go to buy fabric, but forced myself to use my fabric stash.  White fabric for gardening is not the greatest choice, but I felt it was the better choice from what was in my fabric stash. I knew I would be waxing it so I knew that would help some. When waxing I found that if I warmed the fabric with the iron first it made it much easier to apply the wax.  I believe I applied somewhere between 5 to 10 layers.  To my surprise I found the waxing process to be very relaxing....

I was talking to a friend who mentioned she washed a robe and she complained how ratty it looked after washing and that's when I had a light bulb moment.  She has a birthday this month and I finally had something I could make her as a gift without knowing her precise measurements. I love, love, love making gifts for friends and family.  I like to think about our conversation(s) to come up with something they actually want and something that I can actually make in a reasonable amount of time. If I could have remotely fit it, she would have never received it as a gift 😉.  Unfortunately I don't have pictures of her in it and the robe is way too small for my dress form, but I took the best pictures I could. Compose Robe I initially chose a beautiful white fabric with daisies on them, but it was see thru and I wasn't interested in making lingerie for this gift.  I went to the store to buy some fabric, but ended up forcing myself to use my stash.  I had no intention ...