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Floral Bib Apron - $19.95 at Wrapables.
The Apron Lady
My mother is 78 years old. When my dad died in '97, she started
making aprons. Now she rents a booth at the
Powers
Crossroads Country Fair just outside of
Newnan, GA, every September to sell them. They are BEAUTIFUL! She
also sells them at her church "dinners" and donates the money to their
building fund. Last fall the Newnan
Times did an article on "The Apron Lady" and printed her picture (in
color) on the front page.
She says she started her career at age 68. She
has an electric sewing machine, but most
of her sewing is done on her mother's treadle sewing machine (the one
she sewed my dresses on back in the 60's). Well, just thought I'd share
her story.
Shared by Pat - May 1, 2007
APRONS AND APRON STRINGS
What Is An Apron?
Sent in by Sheila Wall, Author UnknownI don't think our kids know what an apron is. (I hardly remember a time when my grandma didn't have her apron on.)
The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress
underneath, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing
hot pans from the oven.
It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even
used for cleaning out dirty ears.
From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven.
When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy
kids. And when the weather was cold, grandma wrapped it around her arms.
Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot
wood stove. Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in
that apron. From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables.
After
the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls.
In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen
from the trees. When unexpected company drove up the road, it was
surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of
seconds.
When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.
It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that "old-time apron" that served so many purposes.
REMEMBER:
Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool. Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw.DO YOU HAVE AN APRON? Tell us at the retro housewife hotline!
Pimento Ruffle Apron - 60s Pattern - Bouquet Apron. This halter style apron offers a dollop of rich red topstitching and ruffle
(so chic and stylish)!
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