Apron!

Me wearing the Apron.

Halter Apron.


The pattern I used to make the Apron.


This is the apron I recently made. There are so many cute apron patterns out there. I really like the halter style dresses, but because of modesty's sake I don't wear them, so I made me a halter apron instead!

The pattern I used was a Simplicity one. It's the one in the lower left of the pattern, I think it was style A on the pattern. The directions were quite confusing, but in the end it all turned out.

The pattern didn't call for the pockets that I put on but I put those on because I'm reading this book:

Project Organization by Marie Ricks.

I'm really enjoying this book as I'm working on becoming more organized. It is a really good book. A couple of points that she makes that really stuck out to me were that you need a launching pad -- a place to put things while you are waiting to take them somewhere else, like something you need to return to the store the next time you go. And another good point was that you need a landing pad, where to put things until you can put them away permanently. These are 2 of my personal problem areas.

And this book was the rationale behind the pockets on the Apron, above. She (Marie Ricks - the author) talks about how when you tidy up the house in the morning you should put on a "house cleaning" apron with 2 pockets, one to put trash in and one to put toys and miscellaneous small things in so you can keep on working in the room you're in instead of leaving the room to put the small items away and then getting distracted and not getting back to the room to finish it.