Easy Heavy Duty Shop Apron

I have wanted a shop apron for a while since I weld and do a lot of grinding. Both tend to burn holes in my pants which exposes my legs to the hot metal. Not a pleasant situation!!!

I wanted something that is heavy duty and cheap, which in a store doesn't seem to work out. Well, around where I live anyway. So I finally figured out how to make one. Yes it will burn through eventually but then I'll just make another one...

The materials are just a pair of thrift store or old jeans waaaaaaay too large for you and a sewing machine (or whatever other method of fastening you wish to use.

The pictures were taken after the apron was made but it's pretty easy.

I figured out where I wanted the apron to end (around my knees) and sewed the pant legs together at the back to the length I wanted

Then I sewed the bottom of the legs to the waist. Try to sew it between the belt loops and the front pockets. The first try I sewed it too low and sewed the pockets shut. The legs aren't sewn on the sides so I can access the back pockets but you could sew the legs to form one large pocket.

I didn't realize that when I had finished that the waist was missing two belt loops (I had removed them to make sewing easier) so I sewed a belt loop on either side. You don't have to do this if you make sure that you have two belt loops on either side of the zipper.

It works quite well and you can adjust the length to however long you want it before you sew. The pockets come in handy for holding tools and stuff. So now I just get dirty, not holey, because the apron has four layers of denim between me and the sparky things. Gotta stay away from the sparky things!

Enjoy!