THE APRON PEN POCKET

THE APRON PEN POCKET
THE IDEA FOR A PEN POCKET CAME ABOUT FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. PERSONALLY, I DO NOT LIKE POCKETS ON APRONS! THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO GET IN THE WAY. ESPECIALLY WHEN I BEND AT THE WAIST. BUT A PEN POCKET IS USEFUL & COMFORTABLE!
THE OTHER REASON I CAME UP WITH THE PEN POCKET IDEA CAME FROM JUST FOOLING AROUND SEWING ON THE SEWING MACHINE. I GOT A PIECE OF MUSLIN AND THEN JUST STARTED DOING ROWS OF STITCHING. STRAIGHT STITCHING AND THEN ZIG ZAGGING. BY THE TIME I WAS DONE PLAYING AROUND & I LOOKED AT WHAT I HAD DONE, I REALISED I COULD FIT PENS IN THE ROWS I HAD MADE. OF COURSE, I NEEDED IT TO MAKE A VIDEO! SO HERE IT IS!
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00:00 HI THERE! IN THIS VIDEO I'M GOING TO MAKE THE APRON PEN POCKET. HERE I'VE ALREADY MADE 2 APRON PEN POCKETS AND WHAT I'M GOING TO END UP DOING IS SEWING THEM ONTO THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE APRON. I DON'T REALLY NEED ANY MORE POCKETS EXCEPT THIS ON, AND AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS JUST FOR MY PENS OR MARKERS OR CHALK OR WHATEVER.
01:35 SO WHAT I'VE DONE HERE IS I HAVE CUT A PIECE; AND THIS IS 4 INCHES WIDE BY 10 INCHES LONG. EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO BE FOLDED OVER LIKE THAT. SO IT WILL BE MORE OR LESS THE SAME SIZE AS THAT.
02:25 SO NOW WHAT I'VE DONE IS I'VE FOUND A NEW PLACE TO POSITION MY IRONING BOARD AND WHEN I GO DOWN THERE & IRON I HAVE A GOOD LAMP, IT GIVES ME GOOD LIGHT ON THE IRONING BOARD AND THEN I CAN ALSO LOOK OUT THE BALCONY SCREEN DOOR TOWARDS MONT-ROYAL PARK & PARC JEANNE MANCE & PARK AVE., AND ENJOY THAT VIEW & ALL THE NOISE IT MAKES WHILE I'M IRONING.
04:00 IRONING. FLODING & IRONING THE SEAM ALLOWANCES.
04:15 SEWING THE SEAM ALLOWANCES.
09:40 NOW I'M READY TO START ON THE SIDES.
14:20 IF I TRY TO SEW WITH THE PRESSER FOOT UP IT CAN CAUSE ISSUES.
15:55 NOW I KNOW THE ARGUMENT IS THAT WHEN ZIG ZAGGING YOU DON'T HAVE TO BACKSTITCH TO LOCK IT UP, BUT I DO ANYWAY.
16:30 I PROBABLY MADE THIS A LITTLE TOO SHORT BUT IT WILL WORK STILL.
17:45 SO THAT'S HOW THIS LITTLE PROJECT TURNED OUT. SO NOW I'M GOING TO STITCH THE POCKET ONTO THE APRON.