Quick apron tutorial

Okay for those of you who want to make quick and easy aprons for the kids here's how I do it. I buy 1/2 a yard of higher material than cotton (to make it last longer). I than cut out this pattern shape myself , from chest top to bottom is 20" in length for I would consider 3 to 7 yr olds. The width I chose to do is 15 1/2". As you can see I make most of my patterns myself from newspaper because that's how my mother and grandmother (a seamstress) taught me how to do it.
Than for the 3 straps I cut them about 20" in length and whatever width you want depending on the type of style of stitch you want to use. For the pocket I just make another pattern 5 1/2 " wide and 20" in length to match the bottom of the apron body.
Your first step: is to sew the pockets top part over, my seam allowances tend to be anywhere from 1/4" to 1/2" because of my quilting background I'm comfortable with that. Most pattern books call for 1/2" allowances.
The second step: is to sew the pocket onto the bottom part of the apron, I do it one way but you can do it any way you would like it. I put the pocket right side bottom to the wrong side of the apron bottom. Stitch only across the bottom this way than flip the pocket over and the pocket will cover the front of the apron body perfectly.
The third step: is to sew along the edge of the entire apron body 1/2" under including the pocket at the sides.
The fourth step: is to sew the straps how you like them to look for finishing purposes, than attach them one at each side and one will go at the top for the neckline.
The final step: (optional) is making the pocket into more than one big opening. I typically will make it two to three pockets to carry things in for the kids.

Other options for creativity purposes, if you have a solid color apron body use a cotton patterned piece for the pocket, neck strap, and a little decorative piece at the top (as I've posted previously). Another one is using two different patterns (stripes with circles for example). Really you can do whatever you want, I've even let the kids pick the main body part and that is typically quite loud in pattern that I'll go with a solid color for the pocket and straps for contrast. Sorry it's such a short and not enough photos for a tutorial but hopefully you get the idea otherwise feel free to contact me with any questions.