GRANDMA'S APRON.................AND MORE

I WAS LOOKING AT A MAGAZINE THE OTHER DAY, AND THEY HAD AN ARTICLE ON VINTAGE APRONS, TEA TOWELS, POT HOLDERS, AND TABLE CLOTHS. JUST LOOKING AT THEM BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES. I REMEMBER MY MOM, SHE HAD SO MANY APRONS. SOME SHE BOUGHT, AND SOME SHE MADE HERSELF. WHEN HER HOUSE DRESSES WORE OUT SHE WOULD MAKE AN APRON OUT OF THEM. NOTHING WAS WASTED. I BOUGHT A NEW SINGER SEWING MACHINE HAVEN'T USED IT YET. ALWAYS SOMETHING ELSE TO DO. THERE ARE A LOT OF MEMORIES BELOW, I HOPE THEY BRING YOU SOME TOO.

POT HOLDER

HAND EMBROIDERED PILLOW CASES..............................

HAND EMBROIDERED MR & MRS PILLOW CASES.........................

COBBLER APRON

GRANDMA'S APRON...........................

THE PRINCIPLE USE FOR GRANDMA'S APRON WAS TO PROTECT THE DRESS UNDERNEATH, BUT ALONG WITH THAT IT SERVED AS A HOLDER 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 TO CARRY 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 HAVE 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 UNEXPECTING 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 INTO THE PORCH, WAVED HER APRON, AND THAT IS HOW THE MEN NEW 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.



THANKS FOR STOPPING BY...........................................RIZZI