The final post fo Back to School sewing month, as promised, will be a free sewing tutorial + patterns + video. The project I have chosen is a cross back apron!
The cross back apron is brilliant because it has no straps, snaps, velcro etc. Kids will not need any assistance in tying straps because they can get in and out of it easily. It was so quick and easy to do that I made 4 already! Two in cotton for “cooking” at home, and two in waterproof plastic for art class.
Before I move on to the pattern, I would like to give credit to this Japanese sewing blog ぬいものちくたくwhich first shed light on how a back cross apron is made. I was a little confused over the last step because there was no details so I decided to make one for myself and include a full sewing video and tutorial on how it is made. The pattern on the website linked above was too small for my kids though, so I drafted one out from scratch using my own measurements. Fortunately, as the apron is meant to be loose fitting, the same size could fit both my 4 and 8 yr olds well. The only difference is in the length of the apron which was a little long for my 4 year old but just nice for my 8 yr old.
One of my readers once wrote to me asking for a similar pattern for an adult size. Apparently there was a website that offered a free pattern for adults but now it leads to a broken link, so I’ve drafted one in adult size and included the PDF pattern below.
Click here to download the tutorial
Click here to download the Kid’s Cross back apron pattern
The PDF pattern for the kids apron is made up of 9 A4 sheets of paper pieced together in the above sequence.
Click here to download the Adult’s Cross back apron pattern
The PDF pattern for the kids apron is made up of 16 A4 sheets of paper pieced together in the above sequence.
And last but not least, here’s the sewing video! (I used a scaled down version of the pattern so that everything can be captured on screen)
Lovely video. Is there supposed to have any sound?
Thanks for sharing these awesome tutorial and pattern. The apron is super cute!
The video tutorial is great – it makes the whole process seem very straightforward. I will definitely be having a go at making a couple of aprons for Mother’s Day (which is in March here in the UK). I am also looking forward to your promise of more tutorials this year. Thank you very much for all your hard work.
Thank you for the pattern!
thank you so much for posting this. I’m a potter and have been looking for a pattern for this type of apron for ages. They’re perfect as you can just slip in and out of them without having to fiddle around with ties. Fantastic!