Aprons

EllaDean wrote: I would love to have pattern for some of the old aprons. Miss my Grandma and seeing her in her aprons!

(Notice that a "Medium" is a size 14 - 16)

Remember making an apron in Home Ec? Remember Home Ec? If we have to explain "Home Ec" you may delete this. I just don't have the energy anymore. Read below.

The History of  'APRONS'

I don't think our kids  know what an apron is.
The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath because she only had a few and because it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and aprons required less material.  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 folk 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.

Send this to those who would know (and love) the story about Grandma's aprons..

REMEMBER:
Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool.  Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw.

They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron.

I don't think I ever caught anything from an apron - but love.

Myrna wrote: You think about it, though, and I don't think Grandma's apron was ever dirty. She would change it a lot. I wondered, as a child, if that sweaty dress did not also need to be changed. It lasted all day and sometimes through two days. Grandma was clean and washed herself a lot but that second-day dress, if I wore it, would be a problem. The underarms would smell--and not with the good odor of talcum powder. My smell would not be something that could be covered up.
 

Sister Chicks from Charlotte

Myrna wrote: Thank you, Sister Chick! “Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.”

Charlotte sent: To all my peeps!  

WE SISTER-CHICKS NEED TO STICK TOGETHER - LOVE AND PRAY FOR EACH OTHER - STAND WITH AND FOR EACH OTHER - SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER - YEP - THAT'S WHAT SISTERS DO BEST!!!


YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES TO TELL 10 SISTERS THAT YOU LOVE THEM (INCLUDING ME)
BECAUSE  TOMORROW'S NOT PROMISED. SO.... I LOVE YOU! GO!!!!

Avon Ring

Myrna wrote: Bree, It seemed to go through OK. It asked for your telephone number and I entered the one from your ad. Please check and make certain you got credit for the sale. The particulars are below.

It is a very pretty ring. I will wear it in place of my wedding ring. I still feel terrible about losing the setting. It makes me want to cry all over again.

Welcome, Myrna

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Bree, if it goes through and you get the proper credit, I will use this method for future orders. If not, I will be upset. PLEASE let me know. Love you, M

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