Little Miss Suzy Homemaker

(There was a picture here, but it has been removed so that I don't have to look at it anymore. I will replace it as soon as Amber stops being a lazy ho and sends me a pic of herself wearing the apron.)

About 3 weeks ago I finished sewing this fabulous apron as a birthday gift for my friend Amber. The pattern I used was number M4958, Easy stitch 'n save, by McCall's; it cost like $2. I got the fabric from Joann's. Anyway, it was really fun to make, aside from the annoying little steps that don't make any kind of big progress that come with any pattern, and even more so annoying the subset of steps within that group that were unanticipated. I really tried to anticipate as many little steps as possible before I started, but I'm just not that experienced. The corners of the pockets are rounded, so I had to baste and tug to make them gather in so they would lay nice upon being sewn. The very worst though, was that a very large portion of the straps had to be sewn by hand, which took like 2 hours. However, the ruffles were amazing to make, very satisfying. Gathering the skirt was awesome too. I guess I just liked adding the girly details. This is the first thing I've sewn that I didn't swear I would never make again once I had finished, although that's probably partially because I wasn't surprised about how many little steps there were like I was with the first couple I've things I sewn.