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, 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 ..
When Grandma rocked us to sleep, she would cover us with her apron, we felt so
snug wrapped in it.
From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, =ussy 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.
They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs was in that apron. I
don't think I ever caught anything from an Apron !
This is so timely with my daughter asking me to make her aprons for the Farm Chicks Show. Of course i haven't sewn in 20 years so this was a little scary. But being a mom and daughter asking I gave it a try. What was I out a little time, a little material. Maybe a little failure and I wouldn't be the mom she thought I was. LOL. But I did succeed after a little mistake. We spent and evening in Joann's with Beth, Karlee and myself picking out what colors we wanted and what ones we didn't want to use. Well guess what? Your right I used the colors we didn't want to use. LOL. But we both ended up liking it very much. Here is the finished product.
What will Julie make out of me? I said earlier I would be getting Julie Haymaker Thompson ready for her big event Sand Castle Sirens. I covered the wooden eggs for her with vintage book paper that will be used in her class and some in kits to sell. But the big question is what will become of the canvas I have covered for her. You will have to wait to see what magic she works with the canvas
