OK, two mornings, and about two hours and change into it. uh.... I'm not counting the time it took to wash the stuff, OK?

Morning 1...45 minutes...sweep the living room floor (we have hardwood floors), lay out the fabric, measure, draw a chalk line, and cut it out. Decide how big the hem will be, and iron it over to hide the not-so-great selvedge....

Morning 2; 90 minutes... Hem the bottom...Eyeball, fold over, and iron down and sew down two lines of stitching along the right hand edge of the over-apron. Mentally re-check my measurements. Reconfirm with tape that me rumpside is in fact 48 inches. Measure over-apron width and chalk in fold-over points for left side. Iron in crease in left side of over-apron. Sew two lines of stitching down the full length of the left side of the over-apron.... Take framing square and draw a chalk line that's at right angle to the hemline, right next to the bottom of the over-apron. Fold in the deep first, forward-facing fold of the first box pleat. Iron it in. Mark with chalk and then fold in the rest of the first two box pleats...iron them down. Slap it on the sewing machine and stitch down the all of the first two box pleats, below the fell.

I didn't stitch down the first two box pleats above the fell, 'cause they'll be tapered. I do that, later.

Dang, that was a lot for 90 minutes, wasn't it?