Finished Object Friday

Last Saturday, Mark and I attended a wedding. Roxanna is one of my cousins (her dad and my dad are first cousins... Does that make us second cousins? I still don't have all that quite straight!) :) Anyway... the wedding was very beautiful! It was outside in front of a little gazebo and a pond. Here is a picture of the beautiful bride coming in on her father's arm!

And newlyweds, just married!

picture just a little fuzzy...sorry.

I have had so much fun making aprons.... I wanted to make one as a gift for her. (Not the first wedding gift I made.) Angie found a cute little apron at one of our favorite discount stores (Ross), and I used it as a pattern to make this for Roxy:

Here's me modeling it before leaving for the wedding:

I'm so "high tech" with my sewing... ok, not really. Quite the opposite. To make the apron, I laid the pattern apron on top of my material and lining, added the pocket, sewed all around right sides together and left a hole for turning. After turning it rightside out, I carefully ironed, sewed around the outside, and then added the band and straps. Sounds easy right? I had to re-do the band... thus this post last week. So sortof trial and error, but I think it turned out pretty good! :) I would have used big bias tape, had I found some to match! Anyway, I love the scallops at the bottom. Beware, you will probably see more of these in the future! :)

We've had a couple of weeks since FOF, I think I am enjoying the every other week thing. It relieves a little stress, and I don't feel like I'm constantly bragging about my projects! :) I know I have more time than most to craft, and as life is constantly changing, I also know it won't be this way always. I'll enjoy it while I can! :)

So have you finished anything recently... or perhaps not so recent. I'm not that picky as long as your post if from the past couple of weeks. Be sure to link directly to your FOF post. Other guidelines for FOF are here. I'm ready for another fun FOF, aren't you? :)