The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, because she only had a few, it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and they used 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 knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner.
It will be along time before someone invents something that will replace that 'old-time apron' that served so many purposes.
We are all to have a apron made by Chocolate Night..Rhona and Sherry are ahead...Two down four to go...
Hand embroidery...she has added buttons for flower heads and some lace around the edge...Beautiful work Kathy..
Last fall Cindy's niece saw the "Bead Tree" in her yard and said she wanted to make one. She just turned 7 years old in April and Cindy really thought she would forget about it...Well.... she didn't ... so they made a tree ,one day last week. What was a surprise to her was that her nephew thought they were so cool and he wanted to make one too - She was glad Kent had two trees and poles ready and glad she had a zillion beads! First picture is the "Bead Tree" Cindy helped her niece Kate and her best friend Katy make..
She enclosed a picture of the flowers down her drive...Breath taking...
and that is not all...Cindy included a picture of the new glass window for the garage octagon window she created- the glass is two different clears and a white glass that match the outside light fixtures
The Elder invited the SoTA Sisters for a extra sew day...not our monthly meeting...just a another fun day... as each arrived the chattering began.
