So Domestic

A couple weeks ago, I knocked out a few of the sewing projects that I'd been wanting to work on.  The first was a skirt idea that I got from here except instead of refashioning a skirt, I started the skirt from scratch.  I completed it last year but got really frustrated because the side seams were bumpy and had to be taken out and a new back panel had to be made.  After letting it sit for a couple of months, my frustration had waned enough to try to pick it back up again (actually even more than that, I really wanted to get started on my next sewing project, but I have a rule that I can't start new sewing projects until the current one is complete).  I think it turned out pretty well…

 

My next project was an apron.  I’ve been wanting to sew an apron pretty much since my wonderful husband bought me my sewing machine a few years ago, but sometime I have issues with paying for a pattern…. I feel like if' I’m going to sew something, it should be cheap, so why spend more money on a pattern?  Well, without a pattern, I never had the guts to try one that I thought was cute.  Then I saw on pinterest a really cute apron—the Emmeline from Sew Liberated.  I bought the pattern over Christmas and had Paul’s parents bring it out when they came.

 

I did some fabric shopping in the Madinat Zayed area.  It took a couple of trips because the apron is double-sided which meant I needed to find 2 coordinating patterned cotton fabrics….  not a particularly easy task when most of the “textile” shops out here don’t carry many patterns that suit my taste.

some wild prints

Madinat Zayed Textile Shops....  this is the area I go to find fabric

I finally found some a couple of cute fabrics and I began my project.  I have to say that this was one of the most fun sewing projects I’ve worked on in a while… probably at least partly because I DID have a pattern…  I definitely appreciated knowing exactly what to do and not having to undo stitches.

I was so excited when I finished the apron, that I made Paul take some photos and wore it around the house the rest of the day :)   Feeling so domestic with my cute apron and sewing skills, I felt like the perfect end to the day would be to make some cookies ;)

the chocolate is for me and the white chocolate is for my hubby

Somehow baking is so much more fun with a cute apron on ;)