Egg Gathering Apron
I saw a crocheted pattern for an egg gathering apron and was
inspired to make one for my friend that has chickens.
I combined several apron patterns I came across, and this is
what I came up with for the first draft.
My friend is now testing it, and will let me know if I need to make any
changes.
I started with an old pair of jeans. I measured from my
waste to my knees (or as long as you want your apron to be), then cut the jeans
at this length and then cut them up the side and along the inseam to separate the
front from the back.
I then sewed the inseams together. You will need to use a straightedge so you don’t
have an uneven apron front. Then I used
that straightedge to even up the bottom before I went continued.
The contrasting fabric I used was simple muslin. I cut a length about 2 inches wide for the
apron ties and sewed it on under the belt loops.
I cut 6 inch wide strips to make the egg pockets. I used 2 ½ times the width of the apron as a
measurement for the amount of 6 inch strip I would need for each pocket, and
then hemmed the top and each side of the strip.
For the bottom pockets, I flipped the apron over the pinned
the muslin pocket on (right side of pocket to wrong side of apron) placing 1
inch pleats about 1 inch apart. I sewed this together and flipped the pocket
over to the right side to sew a finishing stick along the sides and bottom of
this pocket.
For the top pocket, I used the same process, of sewing the
pocket on and then topstitching the sides and bottom.
Now I just had to make the decision of how big to make the egg pockets… It looked like 2 pleats for each egg pocket would work, so I then sewed vertically on each pocket after 2 pleats on the top and bottom pockets to finish the apron.
Once I get some feedback from my friend, I’ll tweak the pattern
J
