Please welcome the long-awaited Tea Towel Apron. So exciting that Scarlet even got to come out of the craft room to model it:
It's not quite the Throwback Thursday project I initially planned...but it was so much fun designing it! I based it off of this tutorial from Martha (she calls it a "dish towel" apron, not nearly as classy). But her top was square, which I didn't want.
So I changed it. Then I decided the entire thing in two matching tea towels was...well...dull. So I added a flap:
The flap is not stitched along the bottom, so it can be used for drying hands and things. I thought it nice to have a separate little hand-drying apron attached to the larger apron. That way your clothes stay covered even while you're drying your hands. Is that important? Not sure. But it sure makes for a cute apron!
This was made from a set of tea towels I bought at Target (they came two towels to a set, so I used one and a half sets). I also own the matching table runner...which will make it hard to let go of this apron. I mean, imagine what a clever hostess I would be, what with my apron matching my table and all.
The ties for the neck and waist were super easy, made from cotton twill tape. I've considered writing a little tutorial to show you how I did it (the whole apron, not just the ties). Maybe later this week?
By now, you know how it works: Leave a comment on this post by next Wednesday, and you'll be entered to win this apron. Completely random, completely free.