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I got beautiful pieces of fabric remnant and was in the mood of making an apron for our toddler.  It turned out to be beautiful.  Grama said it’s lovely!

If you want to make your own, you may follow this instruction:

Numbering below is based on the numbers encircled in the diagram shown above.


1.  Upper body or chest. Cut 8.5 width x 7.5 length (this includes 0.25″ allowance in each edge).  Fold half of the allowance (half of 0.25″ or 0.125″) on the wrong side of the fabric in each edge.  Fold it again at 0.125″.  Sew.  Do this step on all edges except the bottom part.

2.  Ruffles. Cut 3″ width x 42″ length of fabric for ruffle.  Sew edges (follow the dashed line in the diagram above (Structure of the Apron).  Follow the instruction of sewing edges in number 1.  Do not sew the upper edge.

2a.  Hand stitch in simple line (like a dashed effect) the unsewn upper part of the ruffles.  The thread must be a little bit longer than the length of the skirt.  To make ruffle, as you go on stitching, push the stitched fabric to the point where you started stitching.  Do this until the length of the ruffle matches with the bottom of the skirt.  Distribute ruffles evenly.  Here’s how it looks:

Attaching the ruffles to the skirt. Lay the skirt flat right side up, with the unsewn edge facing you. Now lay the ruffles wrong side up, unsewn edge facing you, and aligning to the unsewn edge of the
skirt.  Sew together.  Zigzag pattern is recommended at No. 4 or 5.

Stabilizing the ruffles. Bring the connected fabrics (skirt and ruffles) right side facing you.  Along the line where they were sewn together, pull ruffles down gently, folding up the connecting fabric underneath and sew about 0.5cm above the ruffles connected to the skirt.

3.  Pocket. Cut out 2 pieces 5” x 5” fabric.  Sew the upper edge of the pocket following the procedure in number 1 instruction.  Place 2 pockets at equal distance from the middle of the skirt (0.5” apart from each other.  Fold in the left, right and bottom part of the pocket at 0.25” and sew to attach the skirt.  Do this to each of them.

4.  Upper body or chest. Sewing all edges following the folding techinque in step 1.

5.  Belt. Cut 64″ lenght x 2.5″ width of fabric.  Fold in half, wrong side out.  Sew together to close (0.25”) staring at one end.  Leave the other end open.

6.  Attaching the chest, belt and skirt. Place 0.25” of the chest on top-middle of the skirt (opposite to where the ruffles are).  Place 0.25” of the belt on top of the chest downward position at equal distribution of width for each side.  Pin the pieces well.  Sew together through its connecting point.

7.   Making the strap. Cut 2 pieces of 1” width and 20” length fabric.  Fold in 0.25” at one tip, and fold in half the length at about 0.25” each with each half folds facing towards each other.  Right side out this time.

Sew together to close, folding in at 0.25 the other end and sew as well.

8.  Attach the strap to the upper corner of the chest.  I used button and sew it (to lock) both the strap and the chest corner.

That’s it.  Now you can flaunt your handmade apron to your toddler and friends:)

Caution: This apron make a busy toddler chef!

When you’re done sewing using this pattern and instruction, I would love to see your beautiful creation. You can share here by uploading those photos.