I'm so excited someone left a comment about my aprons!! Someone asked how I got started collecting aprons and I can honestly say, "I have no idea". It started a few years ago, I think I probably just saw a pretty one and bought it. Then I started to really notice them. Watching "I Love Lucy" I always comment on their aprons and how I would love to get my hands on them. I like the old fashioned ones the best, from the 50's and 60's. I have nearly 100 aprons and I usually find them at antique malls and thrift stores. I really wish I could sew because I also collect patterns. I have several that I drool over and wish I could make. I don't know what it is that I like about them. I wear them too, they aren't just to look at. They remind me of simple times, when women stayed home and ran the household. That's a dream of mine. I even have aprons from different countries. This is a picture of my 'summer' housework apron. Sometimes I wear one that matches my clothes or is appropriate for the season.....yes, I know, I need to get out more!
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That's neat, Jenny. I'll bet you could find some at auctions too.
Jenny - This apron reminds me of one I remember my great-grandmother wearing when I was a little girl on Sunday afternoons while making dinner (lunch) for the whole family when we were visiting my Mom's parents in Kentucky. Oh, you'll have to show me those patterns sometime...my Mom sews and I am learning. Love ya - Sydni
The History of 'Aprons'
I don't think our kids know what an apron is. The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, because she only had a few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used less material, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the overn.
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 or 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.
They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron.
Hey, I don't think I ever caught anything from an apron.
Remember making an apron in home ec?
I never made aprons in home ec. Wish I had, we made silly stuff like skirts and pillows. LOL
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