Hoot Hoot

 Chick has become somewhat of a designated sub for my Bunco group. And last Monday was no exception this month. 

So off we went. 

At the end, prizes were given out. Once everything was done, a friend who was sitting next to me leaned over and whispered something. She had received a prize but, unfortunately, it had some scented things. She whispered that her husband was highly allergic and told me to meet her outside for a hand-off because she couldn't take them home.

As it happens, Chick is a big fan of candles. So she went outside to put them in the car while I helped clean up.

As sweet as it was of her to think of us, I felt bad that she didn't have her prizes anymore. 

I knew that she liked to wear aprons while cooking though. And I just happened to have some fall fabric on hand. So, I thought I might make her a fall apron just for kicks. I used a preprinted pattern I had from my home economics class in junior high. We won't talk about how old it was but you can guess. But I followed the directions here. 

I wanted to make the ties long enough to wrap around the waist and tie in front. As it turned out, I had just enough fabric to do that.

Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture before Chick carried it off and gave it to her so I can't share how cute it turned out.

There were several things she passed along so I wanted to add one other thing. I came across this little fella and decided to make one for her as a fall decoration. You can find the free pattern here.

Again, I didn't grab a picture before he got carried off but then I decided to make one for me too.

I think mine turned out pretty cute. 

Rugrat has already asked a couple of times about making one for her as well. I might try  to make a larger one for her but I haven't decided yet.

The hardest part of making these is getting the bottom on. You have to put a little bag of whatever you are weighting it with (rice, in my case) and then hot gluing the bottom on.

But, seriously, if that's the hardest part, I'm up for it. I would like to get a fat quarter bundle that coordinates so I could make three different ones that all either share a back or tummy fabric to set out. But I haven't yet done that.

Let me know if you decide to make one. I'd love to see yours.