One For Me

The other day I posted a tutorial for a gardening bucket. After I made one for a mothers day gift, I decided I needed one for myself. This time I used Prince Charming fabric by Tula Pink (my fave!!!) and I made the ties longer so that I could wear the aprons if I chose to.

Here are the two aprons separately. You can see how much longer the ties are in this photo.

Here's how it looks when you're wearing one of the aprons. I think it's the perfect size for wearing when I do craft fairs too! Pardon the no make-up and ponytail pic. I wasn't planning on being in front of a camera today. But I did take a shower so that's a plus =)

And here are both aprons tied around the bucket. I can use them to store my gardening tools, gloves, etc.

I wonder if she'd wear a tiny apron?

A New Tie for a Handsome Guy

My son Ben is 6 years old. He is fascinated by men who wear suits and ties. Think Barney. If you watch 'How I Met Your Mother" you know what I'm talking about. (Not the giant purple dinosaur...) Anyway, I found a tutorial recently on how to make a tie for your little guy HERE. I let him choose the fabrics he wanted - he chose 5. I said "do you want a patchwork tie?" and he said "no. I want 5 ties." Okay then. Lemme see if I can figure out how to make just one first.

I printed out the free PDF pattern (it's 3 pages, but only a few lines per page so it's super light on ink usage) and got the fabric ready. Within literally 30 minutes, I had this:

The hardest part was turning it right side out. That took a good 7 minutes and a few swear words.

I then attached the strap with velcro to go around his neck by tying the tie  around it. When he got home from school he was SO excited to try it on. He does look pretty handsome, if I do say so myself =)