Final finishing and pressing of the apron
The apron’s waist and neck ties are made from bias tape; the tape can be cut from the main fabric or ready-made tape used. About 220–230 cm of tape is needed, and it is divided in two. Leaving 30 cm of one piece for the neck tie, baste it to the side of the bib with a 0.5 cm allowance; the rest becomes the waist tie. The tape is basted as a binding on the bib and waist sides, then machine-stitched along its whole length and the basting is removed. The finished apron is ironed well and folded. The iron is used only under the teacher’s or an adult’s supervision: it is hot, the teacher plugs it in, and after work it is switched off and put where children cannot reach.
Look at a finished apron and score it against the quality list: are matching parts equal, are the seams even, is it pressed? Children do not touch the iron.