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| Annika |
Posted - Jan 15 2010 : 3:08:10 PM
I'm up to 13 ( I'm a beginner apron fanatic!)and have some wonderful fabric and patterns for more...I especially love to find them in the antique shops  I think of all of the love and care that is in the fabric of those aprons and it brings special kind of happiness to me 
I'm thinking of hand sewing a half apron this weekend if I get the time. A girl can NEVER have too many aprons! 
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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| melody |
Posted - Jan 22 2010 : 11:40:23 PM
You know...I don't have a single one! 
Not one!!
I know, I know...I am apron-challenged. First, my 2nd hand sewing machine took it's final bow about a year ago ( I had that lovely ton and a half masterpiece of a sewing machine for ions!!)and I haven't been able to find a real sturdy 'vintage' replacement. Second, I am not a very good seamstress and I envy all 'yall out there who are artists with a needle and thread! I have limited myself to doing embroidery, hand quilting, hemming curtains, redwork and the occasional replacement of a button now and again. But, ladies I just never acquired the knack of sewing with patterns, etc. I attribute it to my former high school home ec teacher! She told me once I had a "lead foot!" Must have traumatized me! 
I do love spying a vintage apron at rummage sales and at the Goodwill, but I have never bought one. Sniff!
Sad, but true...
Melody
Farmgirl #525
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| Leelee |
Posted - Jan 21 2010 : 10:21:50 PM
Amy- A Palouse get-together sounds great! I have a big grassy yard and am out in the country, be happy to host something if we could pull it together!! Spring may be teasing us but it's still a ways off.
Feeling down? Saddle up!
www.quiltcropandcabbage.blogspot.com |
| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 5:53:11 PM
Oh duh, I knew it sounded familiar Wraylee!! I have driven by the turnoff taking my son to baseball games. We should have a palouse get-together this spring maybe:)
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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| MeadowCrone |
Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 09:14:00 AM
I have never counted but my favorite is one my mother gave me for a birthday. She is very artistic and painted scenes from our farm on it. A rescued kitten, a lamb that we lost when it took off under a fence, horses stomped it to death, a nest of field mice in the hay and my favorite rooster. I lOVE that apron.
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| Leelee |
Posted - Jan 20 2010 : 08:48:45 AM
Amy- Diamond is not far from you, actually! We are that little tiny town between the Palouse Empire Fairgrounds and Endicott on the Endicott HWY. We live outside of town, just above the Palouse River.
Feeling down? Saddle up!
www.quiltcropandcabbage.blogspot.com |
| CountryBorn |
Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 5:41:42 PM
Some of my fondest memories of my Mom and Grandma are visions of them in their aprons. I always loved them on them. But, I have to be honest and say I don't own a single one. I just don't look good in them. But, it doesn't stop me from admiring everyone elses!!
MJ
There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do. Freya Stark |
| Mikki |
Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 5:31:08 PM
I've never counted but probably around 15 to 20, I have some here of course and some at my cabin. And I've given some to my daughters. My two favorites are my Grandma's apron, and my Great Grandma's apron. I never got to meet my Great Grandmother, but I've learned a lot about her.
~~Blessings, Mikki Jo
"Courage is being scared to death... but saddling up anyway" ***John Wayne
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http://burningmeadowsprings.blogspot.com/
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| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 5:19:38 PM
Wraylee, where is Diamond, WA? I just got 4 aprons for Christmas and one of them was handmade by my grandma's aunt - it is so cool!! Love the old ones
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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| Leelee |
Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 4:38:08 PM
Ah Aprons, is there anything better, really? I have around 50 vintage aprons. My most cherished is one that my husbands great grandma hand stitched and painted a parisole lady on. It's so incredibly dainty! Second fav would have to be one made from a flour sack from Lehi Roller Mills in Lehi Ut. Great topic, I could go on and on!
Feeling down? Saddle up!
www.quiltcropandcabbage.blogspot.com |
| Yart |
Posted - Jan 19 2010 : 07:17:03 AM
Siobhan, don't feel bad. I don't have one either. But I hope to rectify that this week. I bought patterns years ago to make one but never got around to doing it. |
| Annika |
Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 07:57:48 AM
That is very sweet! Mend it and love it and wear it often =)
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 07:51:19 AM
That's so cool - especially that it is a family heirloom apron!! You will love wearing it.
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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| clothedinscarlet |
Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 07:43:44 AM
I just asked my mom if I could have my dad's G'ma's apron and she said yes! She is going to send it to me when she gets back from her trip to CA. So it looks like I will finally have my first apron! I'm so excited :)
Siobhan, wife to my best friend, Trent, and mommy to Camden (11/28/05) and Bennett (7/11/07). and Truman (7/28/09) |
| clothedinscarlet |
Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 07:36:16 AM
quote:
Originally posted by graciegreeneyes
there is nothing more endearing than coming home to find your 17yo son wearing one while making cookies out of the 1940s edition Better Homes cookbook:D
Please tell me you have pictures of this :)
Siobhan, wife to my best friend, Trent, and mommy to Camden (11/28/05) and Bennett (7/11/07). and Truman (7/28/09) |
| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 07:33:44 AM
Oh and Annika - at some point you will stumble across the apron motherlode at a thrift store and next thing you know you have 50 aprons!!
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 07:32:33 AM
Siobhan - you need an apron!! Aunt Jenny - my favorite ones are my 1940's feedsack over-the-head models - they cover up everything and there is nothing more endearing than coming home to find your 17yo son wearing one while making cookies out of the 1940s edition Better Homes cookbook:D
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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| clothedinscarlet |
Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 06:28:20 AM
I'm ashamed to admit I don't have even a single apron. I am one who has to just change my clothes after baking and cooking. Isn't that pathetic? I made one for my mom though. It was really cute and I don't think she ever uses it :( Not only that, but she has my dad's grandmother's (the only farmgirl in our family) apron. My dad was practically raised by his grandmother, so he got her apron when she passed. I would really LOVE to have it, but my mom has it and she doesn't use it. It needs some repair too.
Siobhan, wife to my best friend, Trent, and mommy to Camden (11/28/05) and Bennett (7/11/07). and Truman (7/28/09) |
| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jan 18 2010 : 12:11:58 AM
I have at least 30 total..but have about 8 that I wear all the time. I like the 1940's style aprons and wear them daily.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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| Moodene |
Posted - Jan 17 2010 : 5:10:47 PM
Too many to count since I have to count all my grandma's and mom's that are in storage for now..We are getting ready to remodel our home for the first time since I own my grandparent's home which was built in 1958.
Love me like I am. farmgirl #801
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| Annika |
Posted - Jan 17 2010 : 09:15:27 AM
You girls are an inspiration! I am in love with aprons!
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. ~Leonardo DaVinci
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| graciegreeneyes |
Posted - Jan 17 2010 : 09:12:32 AM
Grace and Amanda I'm glad you all spoke up - I was starting to feel like an apron over-achiever. I love finding vintage ones for $1 - but I have gotten to where I have to be more selective. I am making a couple right now but not sure if I will keep them or swap or sell them
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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| Firemama |
Posted - Jan 16 2010 : 11:34:41 PM
52 at last count and my collection is going to continue to grow and grow : )
Mama to 2
FarmGirl# 20
People can only make you feel inferior with your permission, and you dont have my permission......
Dont let the chain of love end with you.....
http://myfarmdreams.blogspot.com/
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| katmom |
Posted - Jan 16 2010 : 11:13:04 PM
well I am on my 3rd container of aprons, at last count I had over 75...that was about 4-5 aprons ago! yikes I do have an apron addiction.
I luv collecting vintage "store bought" aprons, you know the ones that were factory made & sold in stores....because it was a luxury to buy an apron. I do collect vintage hand made ones as well and of course there are the ones I have made. The most recent one being made using a vintage late 1940's pattern.(on my blog)
I actually made a few for this summer to sell...maybe, if I can part with them....haha!
In fact I am making another Burlap apron & a Martini themed apron for a swap that I am in.
Luv those aprons....
easy to make
wonderful to give
delightful to wear....
>^..^< Happiness is being a katmom.
"I've never met a sewing machine I didn't like!"
www.katmom4.blogspot.com & http://www.graciesvictorianrose.blogspot.com
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| Mother Hen |
Posted - Jan 16 2010 : 10:35:48 PM
I'm guessing about a dozen. I have some vintage 40's to 50's era ones that I bought for $1 each when I lived in IL at a flea market. Then I have a couple that were my MIL.
I can't give a real accurate accounting as I still have boxes packed in storage from when I moved out here 5 years ago.
Cindy
FARMGIRLS CAN DO ANYTHING!!!
I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalms 34:1 |
| donna rae |
Posted - Jan 16 2010 : 4:44:10 PM
I only have 2, but they both belonged to my dear grandmother and I wear the everyday one with a happy heart!
Donna Rae
Farmgirl Sister # 593
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