I am almost done with my holiday apron for tie one on. despite what I said before I did end up making my own bias trim for this project. I didn't have any red trim on hand, but did have extra red fabric and thought "heck, I'll make it" and get all sewing old school. (not really "heck", but you know what I mean)
well, the additional steps of this effort added days to the project. I can't quite explain why. I am happy I made the bias trim because it's 100% cotton and it's not nearly as stiff as usual, especially because I zig-zag on the trim and that makes it even stiffer. Originally, I wanted to use a stripe for the trim so when cut on the bias, it would make a nifty candy cane stripey effect like here. very cool. but the 2 fabric stores I went to were out of red and white stripes (how can this be?) and also had no pre-made red bias trim. you may ask what kind of stores I was going to? they were fabric stores, I swear.
so, back to the bias trim. I don't make it very often (ever) and so I usually take a bit of time fiddling (nice word, but exchange for a swear word) with the angles before sewing it together right. so, I am making this crappy thing while talking to my mom, who is over, and the strips, while they lay out correctly are way off. WAY OFF. am I losing my mind?? no, my mom tells me,"you need to make sure it has ears." what the heck? (another swear word.) ears. like illustrated above. I feel like such a dork because I LOVE binding trim so much, how can I not know about this crucial detail? The thing is (my excuse anyway) is that when I make my binding for my quilts (which I do make, never buy) it's a simple straight strip. because there are no curves on a quilt (not in mine yet, anyway) there is no need to make the binding on the bias, but for an apron with curves (yes, curves) it needs to be true bias binding. thanks mom!! so, now the binding is on and I will show it real soon. must add button holes. yes, button holes.
