Art of the apron

 This book is made from an APRON.....a plain old calico apron that you might buy to cook or paint in......some of you may remember I had a version of this published in CRAFT STAMPER a while back now.

 Fold the apron in half, cut pages from card and see how many you can get between the layers of apron...........

 ......trim the fabric around the pages and then stitch in lace with a sewing machine........I like to keep the pockets, ties and neck band in place so it still looks like an apron.....well sort of!!

 Then decorate the pages.......use paints, inks, stamps etc etc whatever takes your fancy!

 Use tabs to join the pages together.

 What prompted me to share this with you today is that I like to look at JENNY DOHS BLOG (she used to be the editor of SOMERSET STUDIO and now runs CRESCENDOH).....for a while she has had a feature called ART OF THE DRESS and one of the things shown has been aprons! Then I noticed there was an ART OF THE DRESS CHALLENGE! I think the idea is you show how you WEAR your apron .....Jenny makes wearing one look so cool, I would look like I forgot to take it off after cooking........ so I thought I would show my book instead! Not sure it meets the challenge criteria but we will see!