Today I’m sharing a sewing project I did in April this year. I sewed a couple “Baprons” (bibs/aprons) for my niece (2) and nephew (6 months), and sewed one of each size.
The pattern is from Craftiness is Not Optional. I like design of the pattern, their arms go through the holes which keeps the bib down, so they can’t push it to the side or pull it up and it seems safer than it being just tied around their neck.
It was a fun project and I learned how to make and sew bias tape which I cut and ironed manually.

The front fabric for both bibs is from Michael’s and the fabric I used for the bias I got as small cuts from a closing Fabricland.
I realized I wanted a thicker kind of fabric for the back of the bibs, as you don’t want them to spill something and it just soaks right through the bib, so at first I was going to use flannel and I bought a men’s flannel shirt from VV and made the mistake of trying it on and loved it so much I couldn’t cut it up. So, then I used Lee’s old ripped jeans instead! I had to cut out the back part in two pieces and added seam allowance to sew them together as the pant legs of the jeans weren’t big enough to cut one whole piece out of. I think they turned out pretty well. My sewing on the bias tape isn’t perfect, but not bad for my first time. This project was also a good exercise in properly pinning to make it easier to sew.

Here’s the smaller one for Finn:

And the bigger one for Serena:

Here’s the two of them together so you can see the size difference: