Little Man "Smaller & Smaller" Apron

As soon as we got back to EA, our friend's 3 year old son kept talking about wanting "one of those smaller and smaller aprons".... he likes to use his adjectives like this right now.... its pretty cute. Like he just went to see Cars 2 on that, "Bigger and Bigger TV" at the movie theater. He really likes to help his mom out in the kitchen, so I said that I would gladly make him one. A few days later, I went to the fabric market with a friend & found this fun stripped fabric and got to work. 

The fabric wasn't super thick, so I used some of the excess 5 yards of unused fabric that was left from previous girls who lived here. 

I hemmed everything inside so that it is technically "reversible"

I used yellow thread to give it a fun pop. 

I wanted to make a fun little pocket and attached it before I sewed the 2 pieces together. 

I decided adding his name would make it even cuter, so I used Heat & Bond to adhere the stripped fabric to the pocket. Then I "appliquéd"around the edges but learned in the process that your sewing machine will "eat" the corners if you straight stitch it instead of zigzag around the edges- hence the little "fuzzies" in the corners. 

I used the fabric instead of binding for the straps. 

I don't have any extra D-rings and we're positive you can't get them here, so I just made the straps to tie around his neck and back. 

I kinda love it. 

Here he is putting it to good use.....

Helping his mom stew like 100 lbs of tomatoes. 

It was a fun little project. I love any chance to use my sewing machine here. I've been putting it to good use lately. More to share soon! 

Joyfully Stitching, 

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