aprons and mayhem

Despite the lack of crafting photos of late, I actually have been making stuff. I just keep giving it away before I remember to take pictures. I remembered (actually I was reminded by my terrific husband, who remembers things when I don't,) to photograph these aprons I made for a double birthday this weekend. Only he reminded me in the car, and so I had to find a place to photograph them once we arrived at the gym where the party was held. So these are hung on a couple of nails on the rather sad exterior of the building.

There was much chaos and fun inside, 25(ish) toddlers running about on the trampolines and springboards and leaping into the giant foam pit. Weeee!

I hope the aprons hold up to toddler play. It was my first time sewing with bias tape and I didn't really have a pattern, but they turned out alright in the end - after a few rounds with the seam ripper. They are a made from a really soft linen that I bought to make pants for Ari, but it turns out you can make 2 pairs of toddler pants and two little aprons with one yard of linen. I'll have to buy some more to make an apron for Ari too. He thinks stirring things in the kitchen is the coolest. Give the boy a wooden spoon and a pot and he'll stir for ages.