Summer Sewing Projects

This summer I had several sewing projects in the works and they were all for a very special Bridal Shower for my niece. My list of projects included Aprons, Face Masks and a Tablerunner and I wanted all of them to coordinate with the color scheme and theme of the shower. I already had the patterns that I was going to use however it took several trips to the fabric stores to finally settle on fabric. Once the decision was made and I had my supplies I got started. 

The aprons were first. One for the Bride to Be and matching aprons for Miss E and me. Our matching aprons were very similar in style to the Brides apron so I worked on them assembly   style. When I got to the point of attaching the bias tape along the edges I noticed the pink did not match the color on our aprons very well so I decided to make my own. Thankfully I had just enough leftover fabric. 

For the pockets on the brides apron I cut out a pockets from the floral fabric and placed them behind the white fabric. Since it was so sheer the flowers were visible but muted and soft. This coordinated our aprons with the Brides. My initial plan was to have the guests sign her apron in the pink border I attached above the ruffle however I ended up changing my mind. 

Another change I made as I went along was to only put one pocket on the matching aprons and two on the Brides apron. In addition, I added the word BRIDE at the top in jeweled letters. 

Of course we all needed matching face masks so those were next. 

For the Bride to Be, Mother of the Bride and Mother of the Groom I added flowers that I had cutout of the floral fabric. On the mothers face masks I ironed the flowers onto the font and then added a few leftover jewels to give them a little sparkle. For the brides face mask I ironed the flowers on the inside of the lining so that it would match her apron pockets and  also added a jewel to the front. 

Just like the brides, our face masks matched our pockets too. Also, instead of a ruffled apron edge, the bottom of our aprons were scalloped. The pattern did not come that way so I created my own scalloped edge. 

All of the face masks had adjustable silver metallic elastic for the ear straps and included adjustable and removable  nose wires. The Mother of the Bride and the Mother of the Groom had matching face masks. 

The Grandmother of the Bride also got a face mask. I made hers from a soft peach metallic floral fabric and lined hers with matching gold metallic. 

Another project was a  table runner that coordinated with the aprons. Instead of having everyone sign the brides apron I decided to make a table runner to have each guest sign which I had also done for our daughter in laws shower. 

Just like before, I created a monogram to add to the middle. However, the colors were not transferring well. They looked perfect on paper before I transferred them but once on the fabric the colors were off. After spending some time trying to fix the issue I reluctantly decided it was better to leave it off and get onto the next project. 

We set up an old desk and put the table runner on top with instructions, pens, a hexagon that Mr. Wonderful made out of old pallet boards and of course flowers. 

Once the sewing was finished there were other projects on the list such as banners, crowns, labels, chargers, etc.  I will be back soon with more fun projects to share from our Backyard Bridal Shower. 

Happy Sunny Saturday!