Adding trim to an apron pattern

I enjoy making aprons, in fact my first sewing project was an apron that I made for 4-h! (Not to brag, but I ended up taking that apron to the state fair and winning a superior for it!)  Bit although I like to make them, I hardly ever wear aprons while I'm working in the kitchen.
Thankfully, my mother in law loves aprons and is always wearing a cute and usually handmade apron while she is cooking.  I made her this apron as a thank you gift and thought I would share some tips on adding trim to a plain apron pattern! Hope you enjoy...

 I used this pattern from the "Sew and Stow" book by Betty Oppenheimer.

 A sewing gauge comes in handy too!  If you don't have one you can use a ruler, but this is one of my favorite tools because it is super handy, so you could use this as an excuse to go out and buy one!

I used this yellow ric rac trim which complements the daisy fabric nicely.

The first thing I did was to pin and sew two rows of trim across the rop of the smaller pockets, I used my sewing gauge to measure 1 inch and 1 3/4 inches down from the top.

Next I pinned and sewed one row of trim across the large bottom pocket 1/2 inch down from the top.

After that it was time to attach the pockets to the apron pieces

My apron pattern had two pieces that needed to be sewed together and I used a piece of trim to cover up the seam

The top edge of the apron was looking empty so I decided to place another strip of trip across 1 inch down from the top

 This is what I had so far

 And then I finished the edges according to the pattern directions

All done! 

If you have leftover fabric you could make some matching potholders (find the tutorial here )

 Or hanging dish towels, sorry no tutorial for this one yet