{"id":14088,"date":"2011-06-26T08:00:33","date_gmt":"2011-06-26T15:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/?p=14088"},"modified":"2011-06-26T06:52:24","modified_gmt":"2011-06-26T13:52:24","slug":"make-a-patriotic-dish-towel-apron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/2011\/06\/make-a-patriotic-dish-towel-apron\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a Patriotic Dish Towel Apron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/patriotic-apron.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-14089\" title=\"patriotic-apron\" src=\"http:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/patriotic-apron-580x431.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/patriotic-apron-580x431.jpg 580w, https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/patriotic-apron-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dollarstorecrafts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/patriotic-apron.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the best ideas are the really simple ones.\u00a0 I especially feel this way about holiday projects because holidays are sneaky.\u00a0 They always creep up on me when I&#8217;m not looking and it never feels like I&#8217;m prepared for them!\u00a0 If you find yourself caught off guard by the Fourth of July this year (it&#8217;s in its way!) and need something festive to wear at your barbecue party or to give as a hostess gift, check out this easy tutorial by Susan from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithpunks.com\/\">Living With Punks<\/a> at <strong>Momtastic<\/strong>.\u00a0 She used a pair of Dollar Tree dish towels cleverly pieced together to make a cute gingham-patterned flag apron!\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.momtastic.com\/home-and-living\/features\/167705-diy-patriotic-dishtowel-apron\">how to make a patriotic dish towel apron<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Project estimate:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dish towels, $2<\/li>\n<li>Ribbon, on hand or $1 and up<\/li>\n<li>Sewing machine, on hand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Total:\u00a0 $2 and up<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the best ideas are the really simple ones.\u00a0 I especially feel this way about holiday projects because holidays are sneaky.\u00a0 They always creep up on me when I&#8217;m not looking and it never feels like I&#8217;m prepared for them!\u00a0 If you find yourself caught off guard by the Fourth of July this year (it&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":14089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,368,10,12,17],"tags":[18,485,1385,803,171,2359,45,1450,804,128],"class_list":["post-14088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5-and-under","category-from-our-readers","category-gifts-to-make","category-holiday-crafts","category-wearable-crafts","tag-apron","tag-dish-towel","tag-flag","tag-fourth-of-july","tag-gift","tag-gingham","tag-holiday","tag-july-4th","tag-patriotic","tag-ribbon"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Make a Patriotic Dish Towel Apron &#187; 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