Peasant apron with elastic top
You will need to buy
30 inches of cotton fabric 1 spool of matching thread 14 inches of ½-inch elastic
Measure and cut your apron
Cut your apron 20 x 31 inches. This will fit a girl of size 10 to 12. Make this longer than 20 inches if you are tall.
Cut two sashes 26 x 5 inches.
Cut two pockets 5 x 5 inches.
Make sashes and hems the same as for peasant apron with band, [page 10].
31 in. 20in. APRON 5in. 26 in. Pocket 5in. 5in. SASHES Pocket 5in.
Make the side hems ¼ inch wide and the top and bottom hems 2 inches wide.
Gather the top
1. Make a heading or hem at the top of your apron. From the top edge of the apron, measure down ¾ inch and mark with pins or chalk. Start stitching at upper corner and slope to ¾-inch line. Stitch across the apron and slope up to the corner.
2. Stitch one sash to end of ½-inch elastic. Thread elastic through heading. Then stitch other sash to end of elastic. Pull ends of sashes into heading of apron.
3. Finish ends of bottom hem with a slip or blind stitch.
The slip stitch is used on a hem with a folded edge.
Fasten the knotted thread in the fold of the hem. Slip the needle through the fold for about ½ inch. Pick up one thread in the skirt or, if the fabric permits, split a thread with the needle. This thread should lie at right angles to the hem edge. Slip the needle back into the fold of the fabric, and continue hemming. Stitches are almost as invisible on the wrong side as the right side of the skirt.
SLIP STITCH