I love to garden and since I live in Michigan, it is a very short gardening season. One of my biggest challenges when gardening has always been I lose my tools as I go. I set them down in the grass and then spend 10 minutes looking for them. I've been thinking about the apron for a couple of years actually but now that I'm retired, I have plenty of time to make everything!
I spent time looking online for a pattern but nothing fit my needs. I realized that I've been sewing for decades and that I can do this! So I did! I'm quite happy with how it turned out.
The back is made out of denim from the legs of jeans I made into shorts for my granddaughter. The rest of the fabric is scraps from my stash. The webbing across the top is also a scrap leftover from a lunch tote I made.
The main piece is 10 by 17(wide). I took my tools to the sewing table to decide how deep to make the pockets and how big to make the hooks on the webbing. I made 4 pockets and 5 hooks. There is even a spot for my cell phone. I did interface the front pocket and waistband with SF101 to give them stability.
This is the first time in a loooong time that I did not have to UNsew a portion of the project. It came together exactly how I imagined!