Making a Vintage Kitchen Apron: Create a Pocket

Video Transcript

" Hi! I’m Candi Cane-Canncel on behalf of expertvillage.com. In this clip I’m going to show you how to create a simple pocket to attach to your apron. So what I’ve done is just taken two pieces of the same fabric about 3 ½ inches or 4 inches wide and about 5 inches long. Usually when you do a pocket you want to interface it to give it a little bit of strength, but because we’re using such a shear fabric I’m just going to interface it with the same fabric. So all you’re going to do to create this particular pocket is take your two pieces, line them up and just pin along three of the edges about a quarter of an inch or ½ an inch down. So once you have it pinned all the way around you’re going to take it to the machine and we’re going to be stitching a quarter of an inch all the way around. A good tip when you’re sewing something in a square or rectangle shape is when you get to the edge that you’re about to go across make sure the needle is down into the fabric, lift up your foot and just simply turn the fabric…and when you get to the other edge the same thing, lift up your foot, turn your fabric and put your foot down. After you’ve taken out the pins we’re going to go ahead and trim the edges as close to the stitching as you can get, this will make it a lot less bulky. You’re going to turn your pocket inside out and then you want to iron it flat…once that’s done we’re going to take it back to the machine and then add a little decorative trim. So in order to stitch the rick rack what I’m going to do is put it in the machine and then I’m going to go really slow, because I’m actually going to stitch it in the shape of the rick rack by turning the fabric slightly it’ll just stitch in a nice even line across. And there you have it a nicely stitched trim for our pocket. For more info on this project feel free to check out my website at candiland.com."