Free Pattern - 1 Yard Apron + Tutorial

I still have patterns on the brain, but you all deserve a little gift for listening to me ramble about bodice blocks and pattern alterations for more than a month. Here it is! I drafted out a super simple work apron suitable for a grand variety of time periods or aesthetics. Victorian, Edwardian, Cottage-Core - pick your poison! Use any sort of nice, hard-wearing fabric. Any linen, cotton, polyester, or blend will work quite nicely. I’ve done the math to take up just one yard of 44” wide fabric, but I’ve also drafted this to my waist measurement, 26 inches. You might have to do some extra math to make it work for your measurements, but this pattern is just squares and rectangles. Not much math required!

This apron consists of four parts - a skirt, a pocket, and two waistband pieces. Everything has seam allowance drafted in, so don’t worry about that. The width of your apron should be your waist measurement plus some nice round number - I used 10 inches here. For the length, I took advantage of the one yard measurement (36 inches). That way I’ll have a nice wide hem, but you can shorten this if you need to. The pocket is an 8 inch by 12 inch rectangle. I have a terrible habit of stowing just about everything in my pockets, so I drafted a nice big pocket here. The waistband got a little tricky. There was no way I could figure out to get one continuous waistband piece out of what I had left after the skirt and pocket. That said, piecing is period, and all is well. For the waistband, cut two rectangles measuring 2 inches by 24 inches. (There’s a little bit extra left over - do with it what you will!)

Next time, I’ll be going through the step by step instructions on how to make this apron (and maybe discussing a couple variations and style choices!)

Until next time, stay tuned.

Yours sincerely,

Madeline