{"id":1456,"date":"2015-02-26T13:07:58","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T18:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedailysew.com\/?p=1456"},"modified":"2018-11-15T11:47:20","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T16:47:20","slug":"japanese-style-smock-apron-to-sew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailysew.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/japanese-style-smock-apron-to-sew\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Style Smock Apron to Sew"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is where I started; with a picture I saw on Pinterest. A simple smock apron of linen. A catalog item no longer available.<\/p>\n

\"Japanese<\/p>\n

This is what I figured out on my own the first go around.<\/p>\n

\"apron<\/a><\/p>\n

But I really wanted an apron more like the one I had found on Pinterest. So I made it again in linen.<\/p>\n

\"easy<\/a><\/p>\n

Then I got a comment, a question really, about the apron. While researching I came across this.<\/p>\n

\"Apron<\/p>\n

Someone else also wanted this apron and their version has shorter straps and a wider apron than mine. Umm, let’s try it their way. I cut out some more linen using their measurements. I assumed the measurements were for the finished straps and body so I added seam allowance and cut the strap pieces wide enough so they could be sewn into tubes and turned out. Here’s what I got.<\/p>\n

\"Apron3<\/p>\n

Closer to the apron I wanted.\u00a0I was able to cut this out of one yard of 57″ wide linen<\/a>; a lighter weight than my second apron. The pockets are smaller than I would like but that was all the fabric I had to work with.<\/p>\n

I now think that the seam allowance is included in the diagram since I have so much overlap in the back and so much length. What the seam allowance would be, I don’t know. In the photo it appears narrow at the hem and sides, about 1\/2″, and extra wide across the top edge, 5″ or so.<\/p>\n

\"Apron3<\/p>\n

Sewing your own version of this apron is easy. A few straight seams and your done. For the “how to” please read the original posts Easy to Make, Back Cross Strap Apron<\/a> and Easy to Make Linen Apron<\/a> but cut to the measurements in the picture above. (You can google “cm to inches” for a handy converter if you don’t have a centimeter tape measure or ruler).<\/p>\n

\"Apron3<\/p>\n

\"Apron3<\/p>\n

I’m tempted to sew it again cutting the pieces without adding seam allowance and finishing the edges like the original picture but, really, three aprons are enough for me.<\/p>\n

And Now<\/h3>\n

I’ve made a three part\u00a0video tutorial on how to make this apron from getting the best measurements and laying out the pieces for cutting to the very last pressing of your pocket stitches.<\/p>\n