40+ Free Apron Patterns & Tutorials
Last November’s big list of free apron patterns and tutorials is one of the most popular resources on Tipnut, but the fun doesn’t stop there!
Here is another big list of free patterns and tutorials I’ve found online since then, including a few vintage apron patterns published on Tipnut since that time so everything’s in one handy place for you.
I found a few new apron goodies & ideas as well that I tagged at the bottom.
November’s list has been double checked with everything below (as well as updated or removed dead links), there should be no duplicates. Enjoy the new goodies!
40+ Free Apron Patterns & Tutorials
Half Aprons
- Quick & Easy Apron
- Pretty Paisley Apron
- Country Cottage Apron
- Ruffled Edge Apron With Bow
- Pillowcase Apron Tutorial (with contrasting pocket)
- Cafe Apron from a Vintage Pillowcase and Sheet
- Cut Out & Keep’s Half Apron
- Vintage Pillowcase Turns Cafe Apron – A Free Tutorial
- Martha Stewart’s Holiday Apron
- Cottage-Inspired Apron
- The Gathering Apron
- Jeans Half Apron Tutorial
- How To Sew A Tailored Linen Apron (repurposes an old dress)
Dish Towel Aprons
- Simple Tea Towel Apron
- The Luxurious Life Of A Tea Towel
- Cute Hostess Apron
- Turn A Dish Towel Into An Apron – Ribbon Ties
- Dish Towel Apron With Fabric Ties
- Full Apron Tutorial
Vintage & Retro Inspired Aprons
- Seersucker Apron: Vintage Sewing Pattern
- Easy Retro Apron
- Happy Homemaker Apron (look to the top right corner of page for free download link – pdf)
- 1959 Petal Apron Pattern
- 1951 Ripply Apron Pattern
Full Apron Tutorials
- Barrister Apron (pdf download)
- Edwardian Apron Pattern
- Adorable Apron from Two Colorful Napkins
- Heart & Shamrock Aprons (pdf download)
- Denim Chef Apron With Pockets (pdf download)
Craft & Gardening Aprons
- Crafty Tool Belt Apron
- The Mary Apron Tutorial
- A No-Sew Apron Tutorial (Cut out from old jeans)
Children’s Aprons
- Sweater Apron Tutorial
- Girl’s Apron Tutorial
- Reversible Children’s Apron with Fabric Crayon Embellishment Tutorial
- The Sarah Apron Tutorial
- Martha Stewart’s Beachcomber Banadanna Apron
More Aprons
- Saucy Apron (Knit) (pdf download)
- European Style Clothespin Apron
- Bandana Apron
- From Folded Napkin To Cafe Apron
- Vintage Smock Pattern (Video Tutorial & pdf Pattern Download)
- Smock Apron (for both child and adult size)
Apron Goodies
- Chicken Scratch Embroidery On Aprons
- Insert Ruffle Panel Tutorial
- Vintage Sewing’s Apron Article (also has quick directions for making a house apron)
Notes: I did my best to organize these well, some patterns fit nicely into more than one category but I listed them only in one place to avoid duplicating things. Please keep that in mind when looking for a particular apron design.
PS: To all those taking the time to write tutorials and share their patterns with us–THANK YOU–they’re much appreciated!
If you’re new to Tipnut and love aprons, don’t forget to check out the list that started it all: 54 Free Apron Patterns You Can Make.
Updated: Patterns no longer available removed–March/2010
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Yay!! Thank you for these!! You can bet I will link these on the Apronista too! I don’t know how yo manage to find them all!!
Deanna
Yeah!!!! More aprons! Thanks so much!!!
Hi!
Thanks for including me on your list! I’m also excited to check out everyone elses ideas. So many creative people in one place – awesome!
Thanks for including my “pleated hem” tutorial on this site. It was exciting to see. It is so validating, even if it helps just one person! Thanks again!
Here is one apron more that I saw on curbly: Curbly
Admit Edit: fixed link
I got this e-mail about aprons, and as I have been perusing all the beautiful apron patterns people have been sharing, I thought I would share the thoughts. Patty
Subject: Fw: THE APRON
Do you remember ?
The History of ‘APRONS’
I don’t think our kids know what an apron is.
The principal use of Grandma’s apron was to protect the dress underneath, because she only had a few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less material, but along with that, it s erved as a potholder for
removing hot pans from the oven.
It was wonderful for drying children’s tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears.
From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.
When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids.
And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms.
Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove.
Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron.
From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.
In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.
When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how muc h furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds.
When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.
It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that ‘old-time apron’ that served so many purposes.
Send this to those who would know (and love) the story about Grandma’s aprons.
REMEMBER:
Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool.
Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw.
I remember my Grandmothers wearing aprons,and my mother. Good old days,women would not wear them today, no need, no cook stoves, kindeling and no eggs to gather. time gone by. JIM H.
I remember my great-grandmother wearing an apron. She always had one on when she did her baking. And I thank her for all the beautiful pies! I was just a little girl at the time, but now I have those recipes and her know how. I make some of the best pies around! and. . .now all I need is an apron! Thank all you ladies for sharing your patterns. Patty
I want to make the frilly reversible apron, but can’t find how much to enlarge the pattern. Can anyone help? Thanks!
just wanted to let you know that #3 & #7 in the full apron category are no longer available