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Yes, I wear an apron while sewing. It saves both my clothes and threads all over the place. i keep them on a hook in my sewing room.
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I'd love to see a picture or pattern of your aprons please.
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No, I don't wear an apron, but the idea that immediately came to idea was to make one out of a microfiber towel. They have them at the Dollar Tree and other places. There are free patterns online for towel aprons.
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With micro-fiber cloth for an apron you would eventually have to pick all the threads off of it before washing....wouldn't you??
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Originally Posted by LAQUITA
(Post 8117366)
Good morning, I have a question for you all.
Does anyone have / wear a fully apron while sewing? I like to call them 'thread catchers'? This way instead of the thread leaving your sewing area and 'walking' all over the house, you take the apron off and leave them there? I think I'd like to see about making on. Anyone have any other cute ideas or suggestions? If you have something like this can you please post a picture? Thanks |
I saw this tutorial for a man's shirt. I bet it would work well for a thread catcher if using a flannel shirt.
http://gabrielsgoodtidings.blogspot....-to-apron.html |
I don’t wear an apron, but I saw an idea here a while back I use. My newspaper comes in a narrow plastic bag; I use painters tape to tape half of the top edge to the right side of my sewing machine cabinet. As I clip threads, clip off corners, etc I push them over to the bag to collect them; when it starts to sag I put on another bag, and take the first bag to my cutting table to collect scraps there. A woman in my guild collects these scraps and stuffs doggie beds with them for the animal shelter. We quilters don’t want anything going to waste.
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As a quilting friend once said as we were leaving a work session, "We come with strings attached." If I had a designated sewing apron, it would be a cobblers apron similar to a maternity smock, plenty of pockets. I have always admired the chatelines where you wear your tape measure, pins, needles, scissors, etc.
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I wear aprons All the time, sewing or not. I like having pockets etc. But when sewing, love being able to transport things like my tape measure etc in a pocket while I carry something else. Usually my coffee!!
Aprons also help keep your clothing cleaner when cooking, cleaning or whatever. |
I keep a piece of ugly fleece in my lap because no matter what I do they will be on the floor if I don’t. I just put ribbons on two corners to keep it there. Nothing fancy, just efficient.
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