Making a placemat apron is super simple and also very affordable. I’ve made several of these in the past, but I thought for September’s Creative Challenge I would make a couple more. Here is how I did it:
Materials Needed:
- 1 placemat
- ribbon
- elastic lace
- a lighter
- straight pins
- sewing machine
- various embellishments, if you’d like- buttons, flowers, etc
Directions:
1. Find the center of your apron and measure about 2-3 inches on each side from the center and mark it.
2. For perfect rectangle placemats, fold over the corners of your placemat and stitch the corners down. The placemat I used today already had corners that were trimmed on the corners, so I didn’t need to do this.
3. Sew a loop of elastic lace at the edges of your folded corners long enough for the head to easily slip through.
4. Find the spot on the apron that will be the waistline and pin a long ribbon across the entire width, letting the ends hang over long enough to tie it behind a little girl’s back. Using your lighter, burn the edges of the ribbon so it doesn’t fray. Sew the ribbon to the placemat.
5. Embellish! Add buttons or fabric for a pocket… the sky is the limit with this one!
…and you’re done!
Here is one I made when Leah was a whole lot smaller:
Simple and adorable!
This idea was originally published on Somewhat Simple in September 2009. It was edited and updated in 2013.
So cute!
Did I miss your Sept apron challenge?
Yep, you must have- here is the link: http://www.somewhatsimple.com/september-challenge/ You still have time to join us! 🙂
Thank you for mentioning my lil' blog. You are just too sweet!
I Love your apron, it it so super cute! I love your price too!
I think I may have to hunt down some more place mats and make a few more of these. My little girly can never have enough aprons. 😉
Really cute. I love all the things you can do with placemats.
Sooo cute! I love the pocket and ribbon detailing! Thanks for giving me something to look forward to doing every week with the September challenge! 🙂
Your turned out so cute! I finished mine too!
awesome! I'll have to find a couple placemats and do this for my girls
So cute. So easy!
so easy! so cute!! so fun! LOVE it!!!
So I went to the dollar store today to find a placemat, ended up spending $13 and could only find an ugly placemat! I guess I should have tried PCNickels!