Say what? Yup. Poop aprons. My eldest and I both want to have the chickens be lap chickens, but we don’t want to have to change clothes afterwards. We tried laying a cloth across our lap, but it was difficult to handle both the fabric and the chick. Hence we need poop aprons. I used some scrap blue cotton and blanket binding to make two simple aprons we can wear in the coop.

I had blanket binding in my ribbon stash, which makes a very quick, rather fancy sash. I cut the ends at an angle and used a match to melt the edges so they don’t fray.

Then I put a small hem on three sides of the fabric. (My hem foot is my favorite accessory ever; it makes it so easy to do tiny hems!)

I then ran a basting stitch across the top edge and pulled one thread to gather the top of the apron. Matching centers, I sewed the fabric between the layers of the blanket binding.

The aprons do their job! Although I may make longer versions later. These don’t quite cover my eldest’s knees. But hey, not bad for using scrap cloth and an hour of time.

I’m luring them onto my lap with meal worms. Can’t be too bad, one fell asleep!