Apron?

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Last fall I made an apron for my Pottery class so it would fit me better =P

It goes almost all the way around me when tied, and is a cream canvas material.

Any ideas as to what I should do to liven it up? I was planning on either embriodering or painting on it, but I'm not sure which would hold up better, as I plan on using it all semester this go around.

I wanted some sort of a vine (but I'm up for anything basically), but I'm not so great drawing those, any links to patterns for sale/free?