Little Chef’s Hat, Apron and Oven Mitt Pattern By Aimee Larsen www.homespun-threads.com Apron Materials 1 Yard Apron Front 1 Yard Apron Back 1 Yard Hat Top, Pocket & Mitt 1” D-Rings Large Sheet of Paper for making patterns Heavy Fusible Interfacing Cotton Batting & Velcro Cutting Make pattern as shown on your own paper, fold pattern in at the red lines indicated. These lines will be used for smaller sizes. Sizes: Child 6-10 – Use full size pattern Child 4-6 – Fold bottom up at the 3.5” Toddler 2-4 – Fold in at all red lines and cut. 3/8” Seam Allowance unless otherwise indicated. Cut coordinating pieces for apron on the fold as indicated. Notice that the apron pattern is to but cut on the fold, you will need to cut 2 pieces, on for front and one for the back. Cut pocket (pattern at the end). Cut Straps: 6 – 10: Cut 2, 4” x 24” , (1) 18” x 4” , (1)4” x 4” 4 – 6: Cut 2, 4” x 22”, (1) 17” x 4”, & (1) 4” x4” 2- 4: Cut 2, 4” x20”, (1) 16” x 4”, & (1) 4”x4” Ironing: Iron strap down on one end ½” and iron flat. Iron straps in half lengthwise all the way down. Then fold the outside edges to the center, lengthwise. Do this for all long straps. For the 4”x4” strap, simply fold in half lengthwise and the fold the edges to the middle as shown. Sewing: Sew all the straps down 3/16” from the edge. Sew lengthwise along the strap edge, across the end that is folded in and back down the other side. Place pocket right sides together. Leaving a 2” – 3” opening in the top of the pocket, sew along the edges 3/8”, ease around the curve. Clip corners and cut 5-7 notches around bottom as shown. Turn out and press. The below right picture shows the straps as they should look once sewn. Sew straight across the top of the pocket along the edge. Place pocket in the center of apron where you desire. To make apron reversible, simple sew a pocket on the back side as well. Sew pocket in place along the edges. Tack the corners down like shown using a backwards stitch and then forward. Turn and sew the pocket in place. Place straps with the unfinished edge on the strap placement as indicated on the pattern. Loop 2 D-Rings through your 1”x4” piece and fold in half, placing it in the upper left corner of the apron. Pin your straps in place and secure to the apron front with pins to keep them from moving. Now place the back side of the apron, face down on the front side of the apron and sew 3/8” around the edge, leaving a 3” – 4” hole in the bottom of the apron. Turn out and press. Sew 3/16” around the outside edge of the apron and you are finished. Now let’s make the hat! Cutting: Using 20” x 20” pieces of fabric, fold in half lengthwise and fold in half again to make a square. Iron flat. Use the diagram as a reference. Cut away from the folded corner, along the rough edges, use a round object and trace or use a pencil and string to draw a curve from corner to corner. Cut Hat top as shown, cut hat bottom: 8” 8 x 24” . This hat is adjustable,, so if 24” 24 seems too big, don’t worry. If it’ss not big enough, eno simply cut it a little longer. Cut heavy fusible interfacing 7” 7 x 23”. Iron fusible side to the center, wrong side of the hat bottom. Using the interfacing as a guide, fold all edges in ½” inch. Fold in half lengthwise and press. Cut 2” of Velcro tape and place on each end, on opposite sides of the fold line as shown. Sew Velcro down. Fold had in half lengthwise and sew the short hort edges together 3/16” 3/16 from the edge. Now,, your had bottom should look like this. Let’s make the top. Find the crease in the fold for what will be the back of the hat (usually the top of the circle). Cut a 2.5” slit and fold the edges over ¼” twice and press so that it looks like this. Stitch the edges down as shown. Start at one edge and sew to the top point of the triangle, turn your fabric and sew to the other end. Start at one edge with the fabric facing up, lengthen stitch to at least 5 or use a basting stitch. You are going to make a giant “yoyo”. Sew your longest stitch around the perimeter of the hat top ½” in from the edge. Be sure to securely lock your beginning stitches. Sew another row of stitches ¼” from the edge. BE SURE TO LEAVE A LOOSE LONG TAIL on the other side and do not lock your last stitch. Take your loose strings on, select only the top two strings. Hold these two tightly and slide your fabric down the strings, they will begin to gather. Work your gather around the edge of the hat until you come to the other side. You will continue to do this until your hat top looks like the one to the right. Tip: Upholstery weight thread works best, it doesn’t break. Once you have gathered your edges, tuck in edges as shown down into the top of the hat. After a few beginning pins, find the front of the hat crease, and tuck it into the center of the hat top. You may need to adjust your gather as you go so that it all fits appropriately. Continue tucking and pinning the hat edge down into the hat bottom. Once you have tucked in the top of the hat into the bottom of the hat you will come to the other side. Tuck the edge of the hat top in as shown and you are finished pinning. Now, sew around the edge of the top bottom, use a 3/16” seam and be sure that you are catching both sides of the hat top as you go. Your hat is finished. The Mitt is easy! Use the pattern at the end of these instructions. Quilting is optional Cut 2, 18” x 7” piece of fabric Cut 2, 8” x 7” piece of cotton batting. Cut 1, 4” piece of ribbon. Fold the 18” piece of fabric in half to create a 9” x 7” piece and iron with wrong sides together. Insert a piece of cotton batting. If you want to quilt or add decorative stitching to the mitt, do so now. Lay the two pieces with the folded edges at the bottom. Make sure that you sandwich the ribbon, folded between the pieces with the tails sticking out. With the pieces pinned together, trace mitt pattern onto the fabric. Then stitch around the pattern, making sure you securely lock your stitches at the beginning and ending as shown in the upper left picture. Cut away the excess fabric as shown in the upper right picture. You may want to use an overcastting stitch around the edges. Turn out and press. Be sure to push the thumb out. You’re done! Pattern comes with a limited commercial license. Please give credit for the pattern to www.homespun-threads.com if selling products made with this pattern. Copyright 2009 HomeSpun-Threads.com