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Finally, it's APRON time!!! I had this finished, or what I thought was complete, the night before Easter... well kind of. At least I hurried and stuck the pocket on there and stuffed it in his basket (more of those goodies to appear in the next few days...). But I ended up working on it a lot more when I got home, and quite a bit as of today. Sorry mom, but your machine is crap! So I removed the pocket, yet again, and sewed it back on today with my glorious Kenmore machine, which used to be my mothers. And I decided to appliqué the pocket on there because I wanted it to be a tricky pocket. It looks shallow when in reality it's twice as deep. Bwahahaha! And I hand appliquéd the ribbon on there, hand stitched all the ends shut, and mock embroidered {w} on there for none other than the Willie. And as you can tell, he likes it (no, he wasn't trying to take it off, he was proudly lifting it to show it to me, so there!)!

And there you have it ladies, the next give-away: an apron! In order to enter, comment on this post AND tell me what kind of messes you come across that might require an apron (cooking, eating, cleaning, crafting, etc.). Those are the funny rules. ;) If you happen to win you can either choose to have an apron made for a kiddie of your choice, or if you don't have/know a kid, then I can make one for you. Oh, and you must email me your address so that I can actually get it to you! Which brings me to our last give-away. Congratulations to the winners! Didn't catch that tell-all post??? Well check it out, and then don't forget to email me your address (that goes for everyone who entered, as you all get a consolation prize of your choosing)! And here are some more apron pics, just so you know what you're getting yourself into this time, if you so choose to! :)

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I made this in the hopes that I could use it for teaching purposes. Like when Mom's wearing an apron that means she's cooking or cleaning, or crafting, and it'd be fun to teach Will how to pick up and be Mom's little helper. Actually, after making my apron, I really liked the idea and challenge of making a little one, let alone a boy one! I'm no OJ&Co, but I'm happy with how it turned out, not too girly. Oh, and this is how Will puts his apron to work (two really short vids, but they're better than nothing... click on the thumbnails and you'll be directed to the video viewing site).

I'm going to work and get something up and listed on my sidebar of the present give-away for those late bloomers who might miss the explanatory post. As this is something I would really like to do every month or so, I figured such a feature might come in handy... And I'm sorry for the long breaks, it's been a bit crazy here lately. Brad's in the middle of finals (I can't believe we're almost through the first year of law school) and I've been caught up in some more exciting developments, including a couple of tags, too. So stay tuned!

PS- Notice my tribute to mine and Will's heritage??? Haha! Oh, and please ignore the rag-a-muffin's get-up... he's been a little under the weather. That combined with late nights for all makes for unwise clothing decisions, although harassment would be deemed unnecessary...