It was my mum’s birthday yesterday.  Happy birthday mum.  For her present she asked me to make her an Emmeline apron with a pocket added to each side.  I had oodles of fun choosing which fabrics to use and settled on three prints from Michelle Engel Bencsko’s Dogwood collection.

I think this Dogwood collection is beautiful and now that it is so very difficult to get hold of I wish I’d bought a bit more.  By odd chance I picked up the fabric from the post office on my way to hiring a car for a trip back home, so this fabric came all the way to my mum’s house and back only to be cut up, sewn together and posted back up north.

I added the requested pockets, which you can’t really see in these photos unfortunately, but the pockets have darts on the top edge to match the darts in the apron.

I love this apron pattern.  It’s easy to construct and very flattering to wear.  I was a little concerned that the accent fabric used for the waist straps etc. was a little too strong but in the end I think the three fabrics work well together.