No-Sew Cupcake Apron Pocket

For the annual Hargill "Pan De Campo" cookoff, my best friend and I will be selling baked goods at a booth this year. Of course we wanted to wear something cute maybe matching T-Shirts, but then we thought, How cute would it be to wear matching aprons?!

I thought of actually making our own aprons, but when I went to Hobby Lobby to check out fabrics and patterns, I realized that it would be wayyy less expensive to buy the plain aprons (Me & My Apron) and make them special by decorating them. Using my favorite coupon from Hobby Lobby, 40% off any regular price item, I was able to purchase the aprons for about $6.99 (regularly priced $10.99). While the pattern for making our own aprons was around $20, not including other materials needed. :) yayy for saving money!

Here are the materials I used to make my no-sew cupcake apron decoration:

1. One "Me & My Apron" aprons in black & pink
2. White Felt (to create fluffy frosting top of cupcake)
3. Pink Gingham Fabric (for bottom of cupcake)
4. "Heat N Bond Lite" Double sided bonder (This is what I had on hand, when reading back of package directions, I realized that for a project like this where you won't be sewing the fabric together, it is better to use Heat & Bond in the red package)
5. Cutting Tools (scissors, rotary cutter)
6. "Trace It" Gray Transfer Paper
7. Self Healing Cutting Mat (if you want to protect your work surfaces while using rotary cutter)

 Step-By-Step Instructions:

1. First, I layered the tracing paper on top of regular white computer paper, and placed it behind the apron pocket. Then using the back end of a pen, trace the inside shape of the apron pocket where you want your fabric to cover. This will become the bottom half of the cupcake.

 Now you will have your template shape for the bottom half of the cupcake :)

2. Next, Cut out your paper template that you created using the tracing paper.

 3. Now, Using your paper template cut out the shape on your chosen fabric. Here I used the rotary cutter & self-healing mat.

 4. To create the cupcake topper or frosting, Layer original template over another sheet of white paper, place that above your sheet of tracing paper, and place that above another sheet of white paper. The order will be (from top to bottom) original template, white paper, tracing paper, white paper. Then, Draw the shape you want your "frosting" on top of the "cupcake" to be.

 Here is a photo of the template created with the tracing paper making the top of the cupcake.

Directions continued on No-Sew Cupcake Apron pt. 2 Post :)