Beginning the Retro Apron....

I found these left over 5" squares from a previous project and decided that I would go ahead and try making the patchwork apron in this book. I really want to buy the Fresh Squeezed charm pack and the accent fabric, but I can't wait! These are lovely fabrics, well loved and used in a two other projects, so I figure the leftovers deserve to be used up.


I realized that when I began to sew the rows together, I had sewn two blocks in the wrong order, whoops! I fixed it and it is right now. My only complaint about this pattern is that the pattern pieces in the book are on both sides of the paper. So, if I want to make more than one apron in the book, which I do, then I have to go to the store and get some tissue paper to make an extra pattern. I will have to work more on this later. In the mean time, I am going to finish quilting a quilt that I started about 1 1/2 years ago and do the binding on another quilt. Good things will happen!

Coming along...

Finally, now I can see the pattern! I decided that I would only be able to make it this big because I ran out of nine-patch material. I will just have to make it bigger with borders. There are tons of left over blocks, what shall I do with them... hmmm. Maybe a few pillows to go with it.

The green is really dominant but I like it. It is pretty spread out so it shouldn't cause too much trouble once it is quilted. It is amazing to me how different the finished quilt looks when compared to what you put on the design wall.