Aprons and Motorcycles :)

I finished this bright and happy apron this morning

and it will be on it's way to it's new home today!

I always love it when a project is completed :)

I used medium weight red canvas for the body

and assorted bright reds & yellows from my stash.

I used McCalls M5551,

it's one of my favs :)

And you are probably wondering 

what aprons have to do with motorcycles?

Well my hubby is a daily rider

 and he always wants me to come along for the ride :)

So in June we went on our first ride

with Star Yamaha Chapter 230.

It was a beautiful ride on Route 66

and up the backside of Big Bear Mountain

with some twisty mountain roads!

Round trip from our driveway and back home again

was almost 300 miles!

Nothing like "easing" my way into this, huh?

Let's just say that it hurt to sit down for a few days after that :)

The Chapter is celebrating their 10 year anniversary in August

and I've decided to make a couple of aprons 

and matching pot holders for their raffle.

The "Route 66" fabric will be a man's bbq apron.

And the "Cruiser" fabric will be paired with polka dots

and be another Pretty Ditty apron.

Should be FTS (fun to sew)  for sure :)

Here's a shot of me at our first rest stop of the day.

At this point I was still feeling pretty sassy!

I'm pretty sure my "behind" fell off somewhere around Bakersfield!

The next ride is this Saturday.....

wish me luck!!!