Birthday Apron

We hit a really fun milestone this week. Wyatt got invited to his first birthday party! I may have been as excited as he was, especially because it was for a little girl. A friend and I just had a conversation last week about how it would be fun to make an apron for a girl's birthday present, so I instantly knew what I wanted -- er, Wyatt wanted, to give his friend.

I used our Mommy & Mia Apron Pattern, and made a few changes. I bought the blue main fabric at Ikea months ago with the intentions of making an apron out of it, before the Mommy & Mia pattern even existed. When I was looking through my stash and saw the fabric again, I knew it needed some eyelet lace to give it the perfect girly touch, so instead of making the neckline and bottom ruffles, I used the eyelet.

Since I wanted plain white bias tape, I replaced the usually handmade bias tape with pre-made. I also left the waistband off, and extended the bias tape for waist straps, similar to our Little Apron Free Pattern.

Instead of two pockets, I made one larger pocket and trimmed it with two rows of eyelet lace. Amy Butler's dots will never go out of style, I'm sure! They always seem to be the perfect contrast fabric for my projects - how is she so smart?!

I found the cutest little play baking set at Target to pair the apron with, and even got to tape the set's packaging back together after Weston snuck into my room and, well, you can imagine the rest. Classy. At least kids don't care :).

Wyatt had a great time at the party, and hopefully the birthday girl will have lots of fun pretending to bake!

Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends and family! How was your weekend?