This lovely apron was given to me by Nikki Parker for my first Christmas Apron Swap 2008!
I got this one from my daughter Kristi as a Christmas present! She's so talented!
This was from the Valentine's Day Swap in 2009. It was made by Molly Orr! This one actually got lost in the mail, but it was worth the wait!
I Remember Aprons... Do You?
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.
Those old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bend over the hot stove.
From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the pods.
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 their on the window sill to thaw.
