Wow! I'm a winner over at Life is Like a Lunchbox's Apronpalooza!! If you click on the link, you'll see the dreamy apron I won.
Here is ztoamom, who made the apron I won. You can find her "artsy" blog here.
I'm so glad that aprons are making a comeback. I have been in the middle of a two-year, five-quilt project (6 months down and doin' *okay* so far...), but I am itchin' to get into the Apron Thing. I have collected some fabrics and patterns that are waiting for me to "do them up!"
I remember the beginnings of the Feminist movement in the late '60's. Aprons were considered chains that held women to the home, keeping them from their destinies. So for the most part, they went by the wayside.
Yet, we never "looked down on" gardeners who wore aprons, or chefs, (or husband-barbeque-types) or welders, or...whomever *else* wore aprons. Now, think about why these people wear aprons:
To keep their clothes clean.
So, we were "freed" from the apron strings, but chained to the washing machine?
I'm glad to see the return of the apron, more for the Femininity than anything else. I remember my Mother putting on her apron in the morning--that signalled that she was ready for her day. (She had at least seven. It was my job to iron them--back in the day (for you younger gals) young girls started by learning to iron "flat" things--hankies, aprons, pillowcases.) My grandmother made my Mom's aprons--I remember she went through a phase of Cross-Stitching On Gingham--easy to do, and it made it a little fancier.
I don't have any of my mother's or grandmother's aprons--they were thrown out of even the rag-bag long ago. I did make quite a haul at a thrift store a few years ago--I got 12 or 15 aprons for 25 cents apiece (the cashier didn't even know what to charge me!) that were starched and folded--looked like someone just dumped a drawerful of Grandma's treasures after she passed away. Each one is "fancied" up in one way or another--a shapely pocket, embroidery, bindings. Women in former days knew that making your "tools" a little prettier took away some of the drudgery.
If you want a "crash course" in Aprons, go visit Apronista and find your Apron Groove...
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Oh my goodness! She has a blog!? In her e-mail to me she said she didn't have a link for me to provide. I hope it's okay that I edited my original post to include her blog addresses....
How did you know who she was in blogland? Did you already know her?
Oh and I think you should post pictures of some of those old aprons. That would be neat... I totally agree with your post btw!
I want to see the old aprons, too! I am putting your apron in the mail tomorrow afternoon - after I finish a little "extra" thing I want to add. I can't tell you how delighted I am that you are thrilled.
We're just emphatic-ing all over the place here.
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