Dress to Apron Tutorial

The photo above shows a project of a dress I turned into an apron.  It was an excellent design to make into an apron for a family friend of mine. Aprons are one of my easiest and most preferable projects for upcycling clothes.

Here is my quick tutorial:

Step 1: Unpick the front of the dress from the back of the dress.

Step 2: Sew up all the hems around the apron.(the front part of the dress is the apron)

Step 3: The neck straps of the dress were sewn together to make one strap to go over the neck.

Step 4: Make waist straps from the spare fabric (back of dress) and sew the straps to the apron.

Step 5: Make a pocket from the spare fabric and sew to the apron skirt.

That was it, very easy, very quick and totally unique!

The style of the dress makes a difference when making aprons. I look at dresses that normally have a wide waistband and that have shoulder straps (not sleeves). Also if a dress already has long straps at the waist for tying in a bow at the back this saves making your own waist straps. I normally sew my own straps if I have enough matching fabric, however straps can be bought in many fabric shops by the metre.The photo I have used for this blog was of one of the dresses that makes this task so quick and easy.

The graphic photo below highlights the areas that I altered.

The photograph below shows an apron I made for my sister using the same technique. Her husband in the photograph is also wearing one of my creations, a simple black apron which I added a funky pocket to and also personalised for him.

Why not give it a go, with the right kind of dress it can be so easy! Other dresses can also be transformed, it just takes a lot longer to do.

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