I recently decided to take up sewing again, as I've seen some amazing tutorials online and wanted to try my hand at some. I figured starting with an apron was easy enough, since it doesn't have to fit perfectly and it's all pretty much straight lines and simple stitching. That's when I realized the first thing about myself:
1) I can't draw, cut, or sew a straight line if my life depended on it. Seriously. If a deranged gunman broke into my house, held the gun to my head and demanded that I make a straight line, I'd be dead.
Exhibit A:
Exhibit B:
Exhibit C:
(The line above is supposed to go in between the carrots and the onions.)
(The line above is supposed to go in between the carrots and the onions.)2) I should never try to match colors when I don't have what I need right in front of me. I should always bring a scrap of fabric with me and not trust the color I see in my head. Ever.
3) I have very little patience.
4) I mess up a lot when I try to rush things.
5) I should not use contrasting colors of thread and fabric as doing that only highlights all my mistakes (see exhibits A and C above).
6) Everything takes at least twice as long as I think it will.
7) The image of the finished product in my head never matches the actual finished product.
On the plus side, I probably only spent about $3 on materials for the apron. (I'd add #8: I'm cheap, but I already knew that about myself.) I already had the dark red material, and I bought the veggie dishtowel at the Dollar Tree. All I needed was matching bias tape for the strap and some thread (neither of which ended up matching the fabric). The pattern in my head was kind of a combination of different tutorials, like this dishtowel apron tute and this pocketed apron tute.
Well, I wanted an apron with large pockets, and that's what I got. That, and some new knowledge about myself to boot.
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