Overlock Pintucked Apron - Husqvarna Viking

Overlock Pintucked Apron
Make this fun, retro apron and learn all about pintucks, gathering and rolled edge on your overlock!
Sewing Supplies:
• Husqvarna Viking® Huskylock S25, S21 or S15
• Two yards of Blue Dot Cotton Fabric
• 1/2 yard Solid Contrast Cotton Fabric
• Three spools of Cone Thread for Pintucks and
Construction
• Pictogram Pen
• Fasturn Tube Turner #140000001
Cut:
From Blue Cotton Fabric:
One piece 8” x 28” for pintuck panel
One piece 20” long x 26” wide for apron body
Cut two pieces 1 1/2” x width of fabric for the back
ties
One piece 28 1/2” x 26” for apron lining
From Contrast Cotton Fabric:
One piece 3 1/2” x width of fabric for ruffle
One piece 2 1/2” x 26” for “waistband”.
Two pieces for the neck strap from the 30” x 2 1/2”
Cut two pieces 1 1/2” x width of fabric for the back
ties
Mark and Press:
1. Using your Pictogram Pen, mark a line down the
center of the 8” x 28” panel. Mark three lines on
each side of the center as shown for a total of seven
lines
2. Fold wrong sides together on the first line and
press.
3. Repeat for the remaining six lines.
Serge:
1. Set your Huskylock for 3 Thread Narrow according to your Sewing Advisor ®.
2. Thread with cone thread in needle and both loopers.

3. Place the folded fabric for the first pintuck under the presser foot. Align the fold of the fabric
about 1/16” to the left of the cutter. You are NOT cutting off any fabric in this technique.
4. Serge the first pintuck.
5. Repeat for the remaining pintucks. Be sure that you are feeding the fabric in the same way each
time. The previously sewn pintuck should be underneath, not showing as you serge.
6. Press the pintucks all going in one direction.
7. Trim the pintuck panel to 7” x 26”.
8. Set your Huskylock for 3 Tthread Rolled Edge according to the Sewing Advisor ®.
9. You have a choice of thread for the upper looper which is the one that will show. You can use a
“wooly” nylon thread that “expands” and fills in the stitching for a solid look, or you can thread
two regular cones or decorative 40 wt. rayon threads through the upper looper and treat them as
one thread. It depends on the look you desire, and on the available thread colors for the fabric
you have chosen. Thread with cone thread in the needle and lower looper.
10. Test stitch on a scrap of your fabric. Depending on the threads you have chose, you may need to
adjust the tension.
11. Serge the long edge of the 3 1/2” x width of fabric strip. Be sure to cut off just a bit, as you sew,
to get a consistent, nice stitch.
12. Serge the short ends of the ruffle, cutting off the selvage, to finish the ends.
13. Use a fray blocking liquid to seal the ends of the rolled hem chain at the fabric corner. After
drying, cut off the excess chain.
Gather the Ruffle:
1. To gather the ruffle, set your Huskylock® for a 4 Thread Overlock.
2. Set the left needle tension to 9.9.
3. Set the Differential Feed to 2.0.
4. Set the Stitch Length to 4.0.
5. Feed the unfinished long edge of the ruffle strip under the foot so it is cutting off just a bit. Hold
your finger behind the foot, to encourage a tighter gather. Leave long thread tails at the beginning
and end so you can adjust your gathers to fit the apron bottom.
6. Set the ruffle aside.
Finish your Apron:
1. Set your Huskylock® for 4 Thread Overlock according to your Sewing Advisor ®.
2. Place the 2 1/2” x 26” “waistband” piece right sides together with one of the 26” edges of the
pintuck panel. Serge the seam.

3. Place the 26” side of the 20” long x 26” wide piece right sides together with the other side of the
“waistband” piece. Serge the seam.
4. Press both seams towards the “waistband”.
5. Fold in half, to measure 26” x 28 1/2”. Place the armhole template in place aligning the straight
edges of the template with the top and sides of the apron. Cut the armholes.
6. Place the apron on the lining fabric and using the apron as your pattern, cut out the lining the
same size as your apron.
7. Pin the ruffle to the bottom of the apron. Keep the pins out of the seam allowance, away from
where the cutter will cut. Adjust the gathers as needed to fit the bottom of the apron. Start the
ruffle edge 1/2” from each edge so it won’t get caught in the lining seam.
8. Pin the corners of the ruffle, in, out of the way of the side seam.
Make the Ties and Strap:
1. Using the marks on your rotary cutter ruler, cut a 60°
angle on one end of one of the 30” x 2 1/2” neck pieces
as shown.
2. Fold over the strip, and using the first end as your guide,
cut the same angle on the other end.
3. Place the trimmed neck strip right side together with the
un-trimmed neck strip.
4. Stitch the two long edges and one short edge.
5. Turn using your Fasturn Tube Turner.
6. Place one of each fabric back tie pieces right sides together. Serge the short and two long edges.
7. Repeat for the other tie.
8. Turn using your Fasturn Tube Turner.
9. Pin the ties in place on the apron as shown, keeping the pins out of the seam
allowance area, well away from where the cutter will cut.
10. Serge all around the apron leaving a 5” opening on one side edge to turn. Turn
through the opening.
11. Place Steam-A-Seam 2 in the opening and press with steam to fuse closed.

12. Try on the apron and mark the buttonhole/button placement. Stitch a buttonhole on the end of
the neck strap. Stitch a corresponding button on the apron.