Wheeler Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 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, 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. Today her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw. Link to comment
gardnmom Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 For my Grandma it also covered those happy tears and embarassment, when Grandpa would give her an off hand complement. He used to tease her til she would get so angry that she would be sputtering and he would look her in the eye and tell that she was beautiful when her eyes sparkled like that, her apron would go over her head to hide the little smile. I miss them, so much. Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 The corner of an apron wiped a smudge from a child's cheek. The apron corners were used to quickly pull a pie from the oven. I love my apron! thanks Mary! [as westbrook takes corner of her apron to wipe a tear from her eye after reading what Mary posted] Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 Aprons? I have one of those! Link to comment
Synn Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 I love this poem Mary thanks for bringing it here! Quote: Aprons? I have one of those! One in each color of a box of 100 crayon? And we won't talk about all the different fabrics.. Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted March 26, 2006 Share Posted March 26, 2006 Someone take that woman's keyboard away already! Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez! ROFL Link to comment
Synn Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 You'd Miss me and you know it...... Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Everyone should have at least 1 apron in their Pantry. It is one of those memorys I think all if not most us have about a Mother or Grandmother. It is a memory I wanted to create for my children and my grandchildren. I want them to say when I am long gone... Oh Aprons.. your Great Grandmother wore them and I have such fond memories, I wear them, and they protect our clothes and that is how I gather ........, or the corner can be used for............ and so on. These memories for me are memories of love and family, security, the smell of chocolate chip cookies and pies just coming out of the oven. Harvesting the fruit from the trees and picking vegetables from the garden and the shinny canning jars and the sound they make. I want my family to have these memories.. and the pockets are pretty handy to carry things too. Link to comment
Wheeler Posted April 2, 2006 Author Share Posted April 2, 2006 Snowmom, I DID go to EBay about a year ago and won 9 aprons... Some of them were very pretty... some too fancy for me... and some were just like what my grandmother used to wear! I don't think I paid over $10 for them and that included shipping... Link to comment
logcabinmama Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 SCMary, that sounds a lot easier than sewing them myself. Link to comment
Cathyv Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 OK .............. I have to post! This is Michael (the one who sews in the family) RECYCLE! when you have old sheets or curtains - use them! hold it up to your 'middle' and cut a square (a little past both sides). Next cut a long strip long enough to go around you and still tie. Fold this in half (long ways) and sew to the top of your apron square (gather the apron as you go- looks nicer than flat). If you want a pocket just cut a small square- put the apron on so you know where you want it, and stitch it on 3 sides. Hey! you just made an APRON! Lori always has one on and we make these up as gifts. I may copy that good story to put in with them - Thanks Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 Uh oh... I'm getting the *apron itch* again...ebay is very dangerous for me...I do have all those handkies I bought to make my own, I should dig those out...I bet ya I could probably come up with a really kewl design! Link to comment
Synn Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Hey Dar if your getting the itch again I don't have nearly enough!!!!!! Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted April 11, 2006 Share Posted April 11, 2006 Well, now that you mention it, I did win 1 or 2 recently... Link to comment
Guest Guest Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 1 or 2 ... dozen? no, try 4 or 5 dozen!!!!! and that is only what is alread sewn! what she has to be sewn is in a whole nuther room! Link to comment
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