OBI APRON poo a design by prudence rabbit fabrics: lightweight to mediumweight woven shirtings front waistband-- cut 2 on fold in fabric, cut 1 on fold in heavyweight sewn-in interfacing ties-- cut 2 in fabric, 10 1/s" x 36" (including seam allowance), straight grain parallel with short side apron skirt-- cut 1 in fabric 19" x 48" straight grain parallel with short side seam allowance: 1/2" Instructions: 1. Trim the 1/2" seam allowance from the bottom only of the interfacing piece. 2. Place the front waistband pieces right sides facing, matching notches. Place the interfacing piece on top. Pin and sew along the top seam only. 3. Fold one of the ties lenghtwise on itself, right sides facing. Sew along long edge and one short edge to form a tube. 4. Clip the corners and turn the tube right side out, press the edges. 5. Baste the unsewn short end of the tie with two rows of gathering stitches, pull on the stitches to gather the fabric to 3 3/4"6. Place the gathered end of the tie between the waistband pieces so the gathered end is even with the short side of the waistband (from the top seam of the waistband to the spot where the bottom seam allowance begins), the seam of the tie is running in the same direction as the bottom of the waistband, and the sewn ends of the ties are pointing towards the center of the waistband. 7. Baste and sew along the short side of the waistband, leaving 1/2” open for the bottom seam allowance. 8. Repeat steps 3-7 for the remaining tie. 9. Clip corners and curves, turn waistband to right side, and press. 10. Fold up and press 1/4" of long edge and both shorter edges of apron skirt piece. Fold and press an additional 1/4" on all of those edges. Edgestitch along all of those double folds to hem the apron skirt. 11. Baste two lines of gathering stitch along the unhemmed edge of the apron skirt. 12. Pull the threads to gather the apron skirt to the exact length of the waistband. 13. Place the apron skirt and the top piece of the waistband together, right sides facing. 14. Baste and sew. 15. Press up seam allowance of back piece of waistband, and slipstitch in place.test square 3"(papnjoul) ,Z/T a2uemoyje wees Sujoepayul pjoj ay} UO T 4nd DUQR} Plo} ay UO Z IND pueqdysiem yuo uiqges aouapnid fq NOUdY IdO straight grain center front