Seems like when it rains… it pours free patterns:
-Nancy’s Sewing Basket (safe haven/ evil addiction employer) also put out a simple apron pattern they call the Manhattan Apron. Here are PDF one and PDF two.
-While I was surfing I found that Selvedge Magazine put out a cute little free PDF called Tie Your Own Apron [...]
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Materials:
½ —–yard of a base fabric (I used an Indian cotton voile).
¾ —–yard of a coordinating fabric (I used a Jay McCarroll printed cotton).
2 ¼ —–yards of ribbon (I used two grosgrain ribbons layered and stitch with a machine embroidery stitch).
-Wash all fabric to clean and shrink. All seams are ½”
-Cut from coordinating print:
1 Pocket- pattern [...]
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Seattle is starting to look like Tahoe (where I spent my childhood) with its 6-12 inches of snow over the last two days.
In other news- I made nuts instead of going to work today. I made a sweet batch and a savory batch.
Sweet batch:
6 cup raw nut mix (I used three pecan and three almond)
3 egg [...]
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