Oh I am so excited about this post. Seriously not kidding. So you all know that my sister-in-law came back from her mission right. WELL, one of the things that she brought back with her was a super cute apron that looked like this. I fell in LOVE with it (can't you blame me?) And I just knew I HAD to have one. So, I sat down, looked it over and decided, "I can 100% make that" so away I went. I have made 2 so far, and plan on making more for others and most likely myself. I also got my mom all into it while she was here visiting and she made one with me also. The best part about these aprons.........they are all squares!!!! Which means, even for those of us out there that aren't exactly "pros" with a sewing machine. It is all good, cause this project you will absolutely be able to do. Plus, you will be the cutest dressed cooker on the planet. Am I right? Yes I am!! Lets get started.
What you NEED:
2 pieces of super cute fabric that are each 1 1/4 yards long (you can see here I picked a cute flower fabric and and orange that kind of matched) Pick whatever you want.
3 buttons to go along with your fabric (there again, pick what you like, I like big so I went BIG)
thread to match (I didn't go out and buy new thread, I just used white, but if you want to get something different then go ahead)
Cuts: You will need to make the same cuts for each fabric
(1) 26" square (this is for the apron itself)
(2) 6 1/2" squares for the pockets
(1) 1 1/2"x26" strip (for the neck strap)
(2) 1 1/2"x30" strips (for the ties)
here is the apron and the pockets (can you see that you need the same from EACH piece of fabric.)
Close up of the pockets
These are the buttons that I chose. Remember to do what you like.
Okay, first step: you want to start with the pockets. (I am going to refer to the fabric as the flower fabric and the plain fabric okay) Take 1 flower pocket piece and 1 plain pocket piece and put them right sides (pretty sides) together. You are going to sew around the pocket with about 1/4" seam. Start in the middle of a side, NOT on the corners. It will make turning it right side out MUCH easier.
1/4" seam looks like this. Just inside the presser foot. Stitch around (leaving a hole big enough to flip it right sides) do the same steps with the other pocket pieces. Remember to back stitch at the start and finish.
See here is the open hole that I left so I can flip it. It is in the middle of the side, NOT the corner. Now you are going to flip both sets of pockets right side out.
Pull the fabric threw the hole. Make sure to be careful so you don't pull to much at once and end stretching your fabric.
This is just another view of the pocket before it is flipped the right way. This is showing the "wrong side" of the fabric of the plain.
Another view of the wrong side of the flower fabric. Can you see the stitching long the edge? That is what you want yours to look like. After you have turned both pockets the right way......set them aside. Get your strips for your neck and ties.
You are going to do the same thing that you did with your pockets. You are going to put right sides together and sew a 1/4" seam around them. They only difference.....you will leave one short side open so you can turn them. Make sure you get the right length pieces together. Don't mix up a 26" piece with a 30" piece. LOL. 
Okay, now when you get all three of the strips sewed together you need to turn them right side out. I found that if I used a wooden dowel it worked so much better. I started by pushing the dowel at the seam that I sewed of the 1 short side. You will have to work the fabric down over the dowel like so.
See how you are going to be turning it right side out. This is what it is going to look like on the one end. Use your dowel to push out the corners on the end of the straps. It just makes it lay nicer and look nicer.
If this doesn't make sense let me know. I will post a video of how I do it. Cause even reading it is kind of confusing. So now you have your 3 straps and your 2 pockets all sewed together. You are going to do a top stitch on all of those. WHY? Cause it just looks better.
Here is a quick view for you. The left side pocket (the green plain fabric) has not been top stitched) see how it is fine, but doesn't lay as nice as the one on the right hand side (the flower fabric) that already has the top stitch on it. You don't have to do the top stitch, but I would recommend it.
For the top stitch I went just barley past the needle line. You can see where it shows you exactly where the needle will hit. I just went a little to the right, just catching the edge of the fabric. When you get to where your opening was (where you left open to turn your fabric) it should lay fairly nice and just stitch over the opening to close it up.
here is one of the straps that has 1 side top stitched and 1 side not. The opening on the left hand side is just fine, you don't need to finish them you will be hiding these.
Top stitch around the end of the straps. It just looks so nice now.
Once you are done with the 3 straps and the 2 pockets, set the pockets and the neck strap aside. Get your apron pieces and your tie straps.
One the right side "pretty side" of the flower fabric place the open end of one of the straps. Like the picture above. On 1 of the corners of the apron. Sew the strap to the flower apron piece. Repeat on the other side. Remember that your straps are going to be on opposite sides so be careful that you don't just sew wherever, they need to be on opposite sides or they won't work right. Once you have both strap ties on, take the plain fabric for the apron part and place the pretty side on the pretty side of the flower fabric. This will cover up your strap ties, but that is just what we want make sure to tuck those straps in the center so you don't accidentally sew them to other parts of the apron.
Do exactly what you did with the pockets. Sew around the entire apron using a 1/4" seam. Remember to start in the middle of 1 side so you can turn it easier.
Flip right side out.
So now it should look like this. No top stitch yet, but pretty sides out. Can you see the strap for the tie on the left hand side there? Now go ahead and top stitch just like the pockets. After you are done with that, grab a ruler. Pull down 1 of the point that don't have a strap coming off of it, and measure down 5" (this is going to be the top of your apron)
do the same fold down 1 corner method that you just did on your apron. Fold down only 3" for the pockets.
Like so. I did pin this just to make sure it didn't move when I went to sew my pocket on. You will NOT stitch across the top like you did on the apron part. You are going to sew them directly only the apron instead. But first the buttons. Position your buttons where you would like them to be. Then either sew them on using your button foot, OR if you don't have a button foot that is alright too. Just hand sew them on.
Do BOTH pockets. See how cute they are already. I did pull the in out after this step cause the button held it down for me.
Get your apron again and decide where you want your pockets. This is going to be different for every person. Some people are short and others are tall so they need their pockets in different places. I just put the apron on and decided where I wanted them. Then I measured from the outside of the apron. Which was 3 inches. I wanted them to be the same on both sides.
Pin the pockets on the apron and stitch them down. PLEAE BE CAREFUL. DON'T sew over the opening of your pocket (where your hands with go inside your pocket) or you won't have a pocket, you will have a decorative looking pocket. Just sew where the plain fabric is showing. Leave the flower fabric alone.
This is easy cause you just follow your stitch you made for the top stitch. Easy pesy right?
Okay, time for the last botton, and the neck strap.....KEEP going you are almost done. First off, can you see the top stitch on the green plain fabric? That is what I was talking about up a few pictures. It just keeps it down. Alright. Find out where you want your botton to be.
I used pins to hold down my fabric until I sewed the botton in place. Sew it on, remove pins.
Get your neck strap and position them where you would like them. I actually put the apron on again and pinned them where I wanted them, then I took off the apron and sewed them on. Nothing fancy just about a 1" long seam for them.
Here is the back side of the apron. NOBODY will see this side. If you are worried, I would just add some cute bottons to the top of them and they will be just fine. Or leave them like I did, it really doesn't matter. Okay that is it............YOU DID IT. Try that bad boy on. Stand back. And look at yourself in the mirror, while repeating over and over. "WOW, look at what you made, you are one good looking lady"
I mean seriously, is that not super cute?
Here is the first one that I made. I love the pink and the zebra print. I learned a ton from making it, but I still love it. I did pull up the bottom point cause it was so long, but I still think it turned out cute. If you look close you can see that I have used it. hehehehe, lucky me.
I also made each of my boys one. This one here is T's apron, they wear them almost everyday. Again, I learned some stuff, and tried new things and I think it turned out cute cute cute. Ky's is the same but instead of yellow it is white. I hope you could understand what I was doing throughout the post, and seriously if not, please let me know. I will make a video or take more pics or whatever I have to so you can add this cute number to your kitchen wordwrobe. 
this is what is looked like the next day........ so much better right. NOT as BLUE. Even though it is more blue than what I had wanted, at least it isn't the blue blue like in the above picture. I am still not a huge fan of the color, but I will live with it for now. Maybe I can start setting money aside for a makeover in about a year or so. We also finished laying the tile. I know it took forever. We grouted the kitchen and the boys' bathroom floors so we could get cabinets in. One of the neighbors installed our cabinets, so of course I had to post pics.
