Kids aprons Kitchen: examples, photos, how to sew their own hands.

Kids - my mother's main helpers in the kitchen. It does not matter who you growing up - my daughter or son, all the children love to sprinkle the table with flour, spread the cake tasty chocolate cream or put the berries into patties. Of course, after culinary experiments can not be avoided colored stains on clothes. Therefore, it is necessary to protect a beautiful apron, made caring female hands. And sew children's apron is simple - this occupation will shoulder even novice needle women.

What to take the cloth?

Choosing material for the apron, we must remember that children (and working women) aprons will often be washed, so the fabric should be durable and practical. These properties are:

• Natural cotton and linen fabrics - they are very durable, perfectly erased, air is passed well, which is important for hot dishes.
• Cheaper cotton or satin - alas, these tissues are quite sensitive and quickly lose color, but for the first experiments, they should be fine.
• Very stylish looks denim apron - here do not even have to spend money to buy the material, and can be put to use old female skirt, daddy pants or jacket.

Color apron can choose to your taste, or pick it up to the style of cuisine, such as the fabric can be combined with curtains or a tablecloth. Variegated coloring of the female apron will make stains less visible but monochrome dark material is excellent to deal with that.

It is believed that red arouses the appetite. Not for nothing red-colored, polka dot or checkered women's and children's aprons are so popular.

We determine the model

Of course, you want to sew an apron for the extraordinary cuisine to please your child. However, the complexity of the selected style should be related to your sewing skills. There are so-called "basic" model, which can be taken as a basis, and then modify and decorate on their own:

• Apron-sundress (the broad "skirt" is sewn bib harness cross on the back) - it has a very feminine silhouette and expressive, which will appeal to girls.
• Classic Straight model with or without bib - sewn from a single piece of material. Straps and harnesses can be made of contrasting fabric. This option is easy to manufacture, suitable for boys and girls, often decorated with comfy pockets.
• Apron is very popular diamond shape - make it easy, but it looks really original.
• Apron without bib - ideal for inexperienced handy people. However, it can not provide sufficient protection of clothing.
• "Marilyn" model - to the lush hem sewn bib-low-necked bodice. Extremely feminine style.
• Long, frilly chef apron with large side pockets and wide bib - to cutting out and sewing is simple, as is made of whole cloth. But the son will be thrilled.

For the first time it is better to take one-piece children's aprons, in which it is not necessary to sew the hem with a bib. Of course, you can beat any basic style at its discretion: add decorations, shorten or lengthen the skirt, to change its shape, to combine different types of tissue. The final version will depend on your imagination and skill level.

Overall sewing algorithm

Even if you have never engaged in cutting and sewing, make a simple female or children's apron will not be difficult even for a beginner. The main thing to strictly follow our instructions. If this is your first apron, you must comply with all the main stages, but an experienced skilled worker, some of them can be skipped.

The procedure works as follows:

1. Take your measurements with the child and build a future drawing apron on paper.
2. Prepare a piece of fabric - rinse in water (to prevent constriction seam shrinkage) and to iron.
3. To transfer the pattern on the matter, taking into account the margin for hemming and stitching. This can be done with chalk or remnant, but only need to draw from the inside.
4. Cut out all the details of the apron and swept away to a live thread.
5. After fitting stitch seams on the machine and remove the basting.

It is not detailed instruction but only a succession of actions. Walkthrough will be discussed below.

Novice needle women better to use ready-made patterns for aprons from fashion magazines or find them on the web. Simply take the appropriate picture, carry it on paper, and increase to the desired size, running his silhouette, but preserving the aspect ratio.

Sew an apron for the girls ...

By tailoring the apron for the kitchen and be sure to bring a small hostess. She can be trusted with the choice of material, model and even the decoration of the finished product. Sewed aprons for children as well as women. Only motley decoration here anymore. The fabric should be pleasant to the touch, bright and beautiful: with favorite cartoon characters or just with funny pictures. However, plain, striped patterns and polka dot aprons look very stylish too.

take measurements

It is necessary to measure the width and height of the bib, the width of the hem (it should be not less than half the circumference thighs) and the desired length of the apron future.

build a pattern

1. Fold in half a large enough piece of paper to create a middle imaginary line. It marks the upper edge of the apron.
2. From this point, we go down to the height of the bib side and put a mark - half the width of the hem.
3. Drawing on the eye flowing lines that connect our measurements. Length hem make this what you want: the brief for a fashionista or a longer - really able to protect clothing from contamination.
4. Cut the paper and the pattern of the apron is pinned her to the wrong side of the cloth.
5. We draw out fine, and if necessary leave the seam allowances and hem. If the apron you will sheathe ruffles around the perimeter, allowances can be made minimum (5 mm).

Assembly and decoration

Cut the pattern and sew baste all the necessary details of the apron. At this stage, you can sew pockets - normal or as a fun little animals and fruits.

The product can be turned over contrasting inlay. If you do not know how to do it yourself, it does not matter - in sewing accessories stores have ready-made tapes of different colors. For shleek and waist drawstrings can take a beautiful braid, wide satin ribbon, or simply cut long strips of material and sew them inside out twice. A little secret: a narrow belt of the workpiece will be easier to turn out with a pencil or knitting needle.

The belt does not have to be tied in a bow. If the daughter too small stitch thereto textile Velcro (Velcro tape).

For pockets and drawstrings can choose excellent on color and texture of fabric, then they will also become decorative elements. A base fabric and completely decorated in many different ways. Female apron perfectly complement:

• hand embroidery;
• lace;
• braid;
• beads and beads;
• bows;
• colored buttons;
• application.

... and for a boy

Of men make excellent cooks, but the first lessons they learn cooking in the kitchen mom. Help your son to show culinary talents, sewing him a real apron. But note that in the boys' apron should be no frills or bows - he is obliged to comply with the elegant style of a true chef. However, comic book characters, cars, dinosaurs and the helicopter will be accepted favorably.

To work needed:

• Parting dense natural fabric;
• Contrast fabric for pockets and restrained decor;
• Cotton inlay products for edging (c / b is more convenient to use satin that slips in their hands and not too combined with natural fabrics);
• Suitable color threads;
• Needles, pins, scissors and tailor's meter;
• A sewing machine, if any.

You can use ready-made standard templates aprons for kitchen. But we offer you a simple method without cutting the pattern for which you want only to take your measurements.

1. Take a rectangular piece of 60 cm width fabric, respectively calculated length with increasing kid (from the top edge to the bib bottom hem). Allowances binder does not believe, as the apron will okantovyvayut inlay.
2. Fold in half and the segment at the bend mark upper edge Chest.
3. Put down the length of the valve chest to the waist, - at the point where there will be ties apron.
4. Connect straight lines or concave edge of the bib and the hem.
5. Trim the excess fabric along the contour.

All you can sheathe our billet on the perimeter of piping. We start with the decoration of the chest, the same products perform with edges prostrachivaya from one end to the other. Bakey sew the remaining raw edges of the apron, leaving the long end of the free - that's you and ties.

Further if desired, you can cut a rectangular piece of pocket, to finish inlay and sew it to the base. Little cook'll want to it consisted of several departments and was multifunctional. Simply route the 1-2 vertical lines in the right places.

interesting model

patchwork apron

Unusual and colorful apron is obtained from colorful scraps of matter. Only we need so that they blend with each other in color and are about the same thickness.

When it comes to the apron for adults, it is best to take a large square with a side of 10 cm, kids can sew from smaller pieces.

Patches are sewn into strips, and those already combined in a continuous web - until they will be only two. These preforms need to steam and sewn to each other, and then attach the straps.

Of kitchen towel

This children's apron get a very practical, especially if the towel is made from cotton with Teflon impregnation. Here and work to a minimum: only need to collect the cloth belt-eyeballs some bright colors.

Denim apron

Stylish thing that will please both baby and a teenager. This trendy hand-Maid kitchen and give not a shame, and to make it easy for some hours. To cut the front of a skirt or pants of denim (all rivets and pockets) is sufficiently bright to sew a frill of c / b and the drawstrings.

Apron shirts

It is easy to alter the old man's shirt and turn it into an apron for the kitchen. Cut off from the shirt sleeves and back seams treat hem, sew and decorate the belt - a great apron ready. If Dad have a large, you can take your old shirt and sew this apron for my daughter.

Spending a few hours in the evening, you will create a beautiful outfit for the kitchen to your child that will teach him to accuracy and diligence. And, who knows, may be inspired to sew not only children's apron, but also women and even men. Then cooking dinner in the "family" aprons will become a family tradition!