Side Openings on Bibs and Aprons

 

Have had requests for side openings on Bibs and Aprons. The results are shown on one of my Crumb Catching Adult Bibs up above.

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Wasn't hard at all to do at all...

Just made a simple change on my 6 inch circular cut-out. Just squared off just one of the corners. That simple!

For the bibs and aprons:

Started off with two strips of fabric 14 inches wide by about 30 inches long for the bib. When starting out, I pinned the two pieces of fabric together with the right sides inwards and the wrong sides outwards.  I turned up 2 1/2 inches to form the crumb catching pocket on this bib, which I allowed for in the length of 30 inches on  both of the fabric strips.

For the apron:  Change the length to 10 to 15 inches longer. You can turn from 5 to 8 inches to form the pockets on the apron.  Plus optional wrap around- tie in the back- straps, with each one being about 30 to 45 inches long.

On the wrong side of one of the 2 fabric strips that I pinned together I centered my altered cut-out, about 4 inched down from the top and about 4 inches in from the sides. Traced the cardboard cut out onto just one side of the fabric. The tracing line became my cutting line afterwards.

 Note: A cereal box came in handy for making up the altered circular cut-out.

Rounded off the top 2 corners on the pinned fabrics. Cut the altered circle out of both layers of fabric. Then cut an opening in the side, above ones heart.

Continued on as usual with sewing a 1/4 inch around the edges.  Started off near the center of the bottom of the bib. Followed the raw edges all the way around the outer part of the bib and the neck area. Went up one side, around the neck cut-out, across the top, and down the other side and cross the bottom, with leaving about a 3 inch opening for turning the bib...  Should look like the above photo, but, on the wrong side of the fabric and without the Velcro on it.

Note: If you need a larger opening for the neck area increase your 1/4 inch row of sewing to either 1/2 inch or 3/4 inch. If doing that, when done you must trim the top of the bib seam to 1/4 inch in the neck area. That is a very important step, otherwise you will have problems after turning the fabric to the right side and top stitching same.

Turn the bib completely inside out through that 3 inch opening. Iron off the bib. Top stitch the bib... Or pin the outer parts of the edges as I did, which you can tell from the white side because I didn't iron it off before top stitching, with hand pressing the edges as I pinned... Just didn't want to break my iron out and did it the old fashioned way... It should look like the above on both sides of the bib after those steps. You are looking at the back of the bib in the above photo.

Turn up about 2 1/2 to 3 inches to form the crumb catching pocket from the back side of the fabric to the front side. That's why you use contrasting fabric for the back of the bib... Top stitch one side down and continue across the bottom and up the other side. Be sure to back stitch in the beginning and the ending of your stitching. It should look like the above photo after the pocket is formed. This step is optional.

For the apron: On the apron you can form 2 pockets by running a row of stitches upwards from the bottom in the center of the apron long pocket to the top of the pocket. Be sure to back stitch at both ends when doing this step.

For the side closure we choose the Velcro. You can actually also use either snaps or buttons and button holes if you prefer to do so. I used two inch long strips of Velcro... It's your option. When completed, should look like the above photo on both sides.

The front neck area opened.

 

 

The front neck area closed.

 

 

The back neck area opened

 

 

The back neck area closed

 

 

The front of the bib

 

 

The back of the bib.

 

The apron: The apron is pretty much the same, except for the length of it and, optionally,  ties added  to it around the waist area to tie in the back or to wrap around and tie in the front of the apron... Style and location of pockets are optional and may vary.  Individual 6 to 8 inch square pockets can be added instead of using the row of pockets as shown on the bib... All your choice, of course.

You can see 3 more of my Adult Bibs/Crumb Catchers  that have the opening in the back of them  by clicking here 
 

Margo on the go

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Margo, front view

No sooner was my first Margo finished off, she left home. That is, about five minuites after her completion. Margo stopped and posed for some photos before her departure. Margo moved across the street from me and went from her newer New Jersey home, in the garden state, down to Florida, the sunshine state, with her new owner, Mary, to visit Mary's sister in Florida the following morning, via airplane, like around 6 AM.

Margo, Back View

My neighbor, Mary, saw Margo in the making a few days earlier and fell in love with her. She saw Margo's LGD pattern illustration, too. That was even before Margo was assembled and completed. Then, Margo was merely just 4 sections, the front pannel with her two pockets, the back pannel and two inner sections with their strips of pockets. My neighbor wanted her. She also liked Margo's shoulder strap along with her LGD's pattern.

Margo in the making.

 Margo's fabrics came from Walmart's a couple of weeks ago. The sunflower print is one of Cranston's VIP prints. It has a green background. Believe it or not, bought more from this fabric line over ten years ago, with different colored backgrounds. Also bought some solid colored fat quarters there earlier this month that I also used in making Margo up too. Something new, our Walmart's selling fat quarters....

I made some changes which are noticable in the photos. 

1. When making 30 inch long handles, I had two fifteen inch strips left over. I put them to use rather than adding them to the fabric scraps pile. I gave Margo a top band.

2. Used 4 buttons for garnishing Margo. I used 2 smaller buttons for the centers of the 2 larger buttons. Put the bottons on the center top of both the front and the back of Margo. Used two different shades of yellow on the larger buttons.

3. Used the lighter button on the front to match the lighter colored rick rack that I have running down the front center and across the bottom of Margo. Also ran a row of green rick rack and a deeper shade of yellow, sorta like a golden mustard color on another row around the top band, which matches the other button on the back of Margo.

4. Instead of giving Margo a recessed zipper, I backed the buttons with Velcro for closing her up.

5. For the brown inner pockets on both of the yellow inner sides I used just one fat quarter. I turned the fat quarter oblong to do that. Made one side shorter. The side for the cell phone, pill bottles, keys, etc. The pockets on the other side are the normal regular length, which is long enough to hold a pen and other larger items. I lined the pockets up at the top when sewing them onto the inner parts. Also ran two rows of stitches across the bottoms so I didn't insert them into Margo upside down and so I knew their bottoms from their tops.

Margo Handbag, Lazy Girl Designs # 127, completed

Of course, before walking Margo over to Mary's house, I also showed Margo off to some of my other neighbors. Told them that Margo was already spoken for by Mary. Mary liked Margo so much that she, herself, ran Margo over to another one of her friends houses to show her off there, too, after her being in Mary's possession for only about five minuites.

Margo came out a lot, lot better than I expected her to come out, that's for sure. She was easy to run off on my Brother SE350 sewing/embroidery machine. Margo must have arrived in Florida by now, with Mary, as I post this entry into my blogspot.

Wine Tasters Wine Glass Necklace Holders/Totes

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Listing my hand made wine glass necklace holder/totes over on eBay, Etsy, ArtFire & NJ ArtFire. Doing this up quickly because the ASG, American Sewing Guild's monthly internet meeting is about to start within the hour. So, just dropping off some photos of the WGNH/WGT's

Did up a special order recently, in pink dogwood fabric on the WGT's.

Another recent Special Order

I liked this Special Order so much that I offer it in some of my internet listings. I offer 24 different fabric swatches for them to choose to have their custom-made WGT's out of. Some vary somewhat from this selection.

Hafta pay for my Brother SE350 Sewing/Embroidery machine somehow......LOL This is what I do and what keeps me busy inbetween my regular sewing projects. Right now, having OFF SEASON SPECIAL SALES on them over the Internet.....