The Ladies' Ministries/Sisters of the Heart group have been working on some different sewing projects, one of them being making aprons-just like Grandma used to wear. Aprons are making a big come-back and it seems you see them and the patterns for them everywhere. We all have memories of aprons some special place back in our childhood.
Mark and Betty McDonald sent this little article to be put on the WCFC blog. Enjoy as you recall simpler days.
History of Aprons
These days kids don't know what an apron even is!!!
The principle purpose of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, but along with that, it served as a potholder for taking the hot pans out of the oven.
It was wonderful for drying children's tears and occasionally it cleaned out dirty ears.
When Grandma rocked us to sleep, she'd cover us with it and we felt so snug when wrapped up in her apron.
From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished by the warming oven.
When company came, these aprons were ideal for hiding shy kids.
When the weather was cold, Grandma's apron kept her arms warm.
Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over a wood stove. Wood chips and kindling was brought into the kitchen in that apron.
From the garden, the apron carried in all sorts of vegetables. After the peas were shelled, the apron took out the hulls.
In the Fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen off the trees.
When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture could be dusted in a few seconds.
When dinner was ready, Grandma would walk out onto the porch, wave that big apron, and the men knew it was time to come in to eat.
It will be a long time until someone invents something that can replace that old-timey apron that served so many purposes.
