We made this beautiful apron in a green-and-white St. Patrick's Day
theme, but of course you can make it any colors and with any embroidery
that you like.
We used designs from the Celtic
section of our Catalog: Golden
Harp (for a large, 5" x 7", hoop), Celtic
Motif Set I and Celtic
Redwork Set. |
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You will need:
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3/4 yard of green fabric,
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1/2 yard of white fabric,
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about 1 yard of fabric for backing,
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low-loft batting.
For embroidery, we used embroidery polyester threads and medium
weight cut-away stabilizer.
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Cutting:
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Out of white fabric, cut
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3 strips 3" wide and the length of the width of the fabric,
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4 squares measuring 6" x 6".
Out of light green fabric, cut
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3 strips 3" wide and the length of the width of the fabric,
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4 squres measuring 6" x 6",
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4 strips measuring 2 1/2" and the length of the width of the fabric for
binding and ties.
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| Take one of the green strip. Cut the end at a 45 degrees angle. Measure
5 1/2" along the upper edge and mark a spot, and 5 1/2" along the lower
edge and mark a spot. Connect the two spots and cut along the line. You
will get a parallelogram.
In this way, cut a total of 4 green parallelograms. Then repeat the
process with a white strip to cut 4 white parallelograms. |
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| Take another green strip. Cut the end at a 45 degrees angle. Measure
5 1/2" along the upper edge and mark the spot, and 11 1/2" along the lower
edge and mark the spot. Make a cut at a 45 degree angle.You will get a
trapezoid shape.
In the same way, cut a total 4 green and 4 white trapezoid shapes. |
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| Cut the white and green squares along a diagonal. You'll get 8 white
and 8 green triangles. |
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Assembling the Top
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| Please note that green parts should border the white parts. Seam allowance
is 1/4". Press seams to the green parts. |
| Place the green and white parallelograms in pairs and stitch as shown. |
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| Place the parts into a star and stitch together the short sides. |
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| Place the green and white trapezes in pairs and stitch as shown. You
will have 4 pairs. |
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| Place the green and white triangles in 4 pairs and stitch together
to make 4 squares. |
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| Place the new squares between long tails of the star and stitch together. |
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| Place the trapeze pairs between the star's short tails and stitch together. |
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| Place the left-over triangles between the trapezes and squares and
stitch. |
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| Stitch the remaining green and white strips into pairs. Cut them into
two new strips 22" and 27 1/2" long |
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| Stitch the 22" long strip to the bottom edge of the working piece. |
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| Stitch the 27 1/2" long strips to the right edge of the piece. |
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Embroidery
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| Stabilize the central part of the apron with medium-weight cut-away
stabilizer. Embroider the Golden
Harp. |
| Embroider the designs from the Celtic
Motif Set I on the left and on the right from the harp. |
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Quilting:
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| Now place the backing on a flat surface (table) face down. Cover with
batting. Spread your working piece over it.
Pin all three layers together with 1" pins and start quilting. Quilt
in the ditch, removing the pins white quilting. Press with steam.
Make the print-outs of the Celtic
Redwork Set designs and decide where you'd like them to be. Hoop the
work and embroider the designs one by one, they will also quilt your work. |
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| You may leave the work as it is or additionally quilt it in a free-motion
style.
After the quilting is finished, press the work with heavy steam and
trim the edges. Cut away the corners of the square to turn it into an octagon.
Finish the raw edges with the binding and stitch the ties. |
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The apron is ready. Enjoy!
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Happy Stitching!
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Back to Golden
Harp, Celtic
Motif Set I , Celtic
Redwork Set.
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