A dear sweet cousin of my grandPa's, Dotsy, brought these very special aprons that her Mama made to my Mama. Myrtle was a very special woman- I know this because of the way all the women in my family speak of her. I only wish I'd known her. I love the beautiful handiwork that she put on these and am just amazed at the creative bent everyone in my family exhibited.
As it so happens- two of my women friends in my life sent me the following story. I knew when Mama showed me Myrtle's aprons I just had to blog it! Though I've never been one to wear an apron very much- I may have to! They are just sooooo stylish!
Enjoy!
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.
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