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Farm Kitchen:  Describe your favorite APRON!!  |
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shelley ginger
Farmgirl in Training
48 Posts
Shelley
Ossining
New York
USA
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 Posted - Jul 20 2005 : 05:02:39 AM
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[black][size=3]Hi Everyone...
Lately, I've come across some pretty nifty aprons out there and I realized that there are b'zillions of styles and colors.
What used to be a staple in every home and a "signature piece" for Moms everywhere slowly got set aside for a time. It is sooo nice to see them making a resounding comeback.
My favorite one and the one that I reach for most often is best described as a navy blue heavy cotton "smock" style. It goes over the head nicely covering front and back and tieing on the sides at the waist. It has two pockets in the front that are great catch alls.
I'm pretty casual when it comes to aprons. If it's practical I love it!!
I have a couple of pretty ones...but guess what?? They're too pretty to use, lol. I'm afraid that I'll get them dirty. Sigh. 
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Edited by - shelley ginger on Jul 20 2005 3:58:56 PM |
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mollymae
True Blue Farmgirl
694 Posts
Molly
Visalia
California
USA
694 Posts |
Posted - Jul 20 2005 : 07:06:47 AM
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Fun subject, aprons  . My favorite one is a half-apron, long (down to mid-calf) and it is red gingham with a tulip motif at the bottom. It's sooo soft and fits me perfectly, wrapping around the back a little. It's been torn and mended twice (one when my 3yo at the time decided he wanted to be "Superman" and use it as a cape) 
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. If I can ease one life the Aching or cool one pain, or help one fainting robin unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain" ~Emily Dickinson
**When life throws scraps your way ~ Make a Quilt!**
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Edited by - mollymae on Jul 20 2005 07:07:13 AM |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jul 20 2005 : 09:10:45 AM
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My favorite is a bib type (as are most of the ones I love) in a homespun type plaid fabric.(not fancy...practical I guess) It has two big pockets and a loop to hang a dishtowell. It goes down to about my knees..I am sort of tall..and I wear it ALOT.
Jenny in Utah
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
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Posted - Jul 20 2005 : 09:29:41 AM
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Bib aprons are my fav; however, I cannot pick one specific one that I like best!  They each have such personalities, that I can pick one depending on my mood! 
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Set a high value on spontaneous kindness. - Samuel Johnson****
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countrymamma
True Blue Farmgirl
78 Posts
Rural Manitoba
Canada
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Posted - Jul 20 2005 : 2:39:58 PM
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I collect old aprons. However my very favorite one is one that a dear friend I met on the net sent to me. Its all white and has the most beautiful embroidered flowers on it. Along with the apron, there are napkins to match. I treasure it.
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BillieKay
Farmgirl in Training
26 Posts
BillieKay
Centennial
Wyoming
USA
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Posted - Jul 20 2005 : 2:58:36 PM
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My favorite apron is one my mama made me. I found some neat vintage apron patterns and she has bee making them.The one I have is a full apron. She made it out of the most wonderful rooster fabric.
I have several others that I have bought but this one is the prettiest and most special.
BillieKay |
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sqrl
True Blue Farmgirl
605 Posts
Melissa
Northern California
USA
605 Posts |
Posted - Jul 20 2005 : 3:41:53 PM
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I have two. I have one for painting that I started wearing when I was a faux finisher/decortive painter with my Mother-in-law. I believe I found it in her garage along with thousands (I mean thousands) of other treasures. It is a very soft, worn demin apron with lots of pockets. Of course it's got quite a bit of paint on it some for me and some from her. It's probably my favorite.
My second favorite is one I made. The story - my Mom does the cutest applique. She took this linen sage green and cream dish towl and did an appplique of a pumpkin (I love pumpkins and autumn stuff) and I just couldn't bare to use it as a towl. I found this pattern in maybe something like Martha Stewart on how to turn a dish towl into a apron. SO I turned my favorite pumpkin dish towl into an apron and thats my cookin and bakin apron.
Blessed Be
www.sqrlbee.com/artisan
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
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Posted - Jul 20 2005 : 4:24:39 PM
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My favorite apron is a white organdy bib I recieved as a wedding gift from a great Aunt Anna... I wore it the first time I baked a lemon meragine pie to surprise my new husband. As I pulled the pie out of the oven in my eagerness it slipped off the cookie sheet and onto the floor upside down and all over my apron. I sat on the floor and cried, just as DH came in. He grabbed a fork and knelt tenderly and said, " Who needs plates, I'm hungry!" and started eating the pie pieces off the floor!!!! Now thats love...
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvg/cits/sb/sb101.html |
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shelley ginger
Farmgirl in Training
48 Posts
Shelley
Ossining
New York
USA
48 Posts |
Posted - Jul 20 2005 : 4:30:02 PM
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Oh, now that's precious!!
Shelley Ginger
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Originally posted by MeadowLark
My favorite apron is a white organdy bib I recieved as a wedding gift from a great Aunt Anna... I wore it the first time I baked a lemon meragine pie to surprise my new husband. As I pulled the pie out of the oven in my eagerness it slipped off the cookie sheet and onto the floor upside down and all over my apron. I sat on the floor and cried, just as DH came in. He grabbed a fork and knelt tenderly and said, " Who needs plates, I'm hungry!" and started eating the pie pieces off the floor!!!! Now thats love...
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvg/cits/sb/sb101.html
We'll be friends until we're blue in the hair. |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2005 : 05:07:22 AM
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Meadowlark - That is a wonderful story!
I probably have about twenty aprons. From all different places. My favorite one I never wear. It is a cotton bib that buttons in the back from the 1950's. It is in apple green and calico. And it has a turkey gravy stain on it that would not come out the last time my mom wore it. She is gone now, and when I see it, it is like a little piece of her is with me.
jpbluesky
Heartland girl |
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mollymae
True Blue Farmgirl
694 Posts
Molly
Visalia
California
USA
694 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2005 : 06:57:39 AM
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Jenny, what a wonderful sweet husband you have, that brought tears to my eyes!
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. If I can ease one life the Aching or cool one pain, or help one fainting robin unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain" ~Emily Dickinson
**When life throws scraps your way ~ Make a Quilt!**
Sisterhood of the Traveling Art |
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sqrl
True Blue Farmgirl
605 Posts
Melissa
Northern California
USA
605 Posts |
Posted - Jul 21 2005 : 08:46:54 AM
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Meadowlark, I love that story it made me smile. A wonderful husband
Blessed Be
www.sqrlbee.com/artisan
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
2206 Posts |
Posted - Jul 22 2005 : 09:49:10 AM
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Love reading all these apron stories...JP your turkey gravy stained apron story brought tears to my eyes. An apron like that signifies home, motherhood and love...
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvg/cits/sb/sb101.html |
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FarrarFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
330 Posts
Lynda
Frohna
Missouri
USA
330 Posts |
Posted - Jul 22 2005 : 12:42:44 PM
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Meadowlark & JP, if there were a contest for best apron story - you would both win hands down, they are both so sweet and endearing. Thanks for sharing such special memories.
I don't know that I have a favorite apron I wear. There are 6-8 aprons hanging on a hook in the kitchen, so which ever one is on top is the one that gets my attention first. I have a few that I bought at yard sales, one that is a leftover from working at a meat shop and then 3 that I made. They are all mostly butcher style aprons - my favorite kind.
I have one that someone made by taking the backside of a pair of jeans, hemmed around the edge and added a nice wide cotton ruffle. They made the tie long enough so that it strings through the belt loops and ties around the back. The back pockets are still in tact. It is the cutest thing - I don't wear it.
My absolutely favorite apron is way too small for me. I have it saved among my personal treasures. It is one that my grandmother made for me when I was a little girl. It is varigated green and purple striped with paisley print scattered all over. It's a half apron and then she made a matching one for the doll I had at the time. It was the greatest thing. Grandma is now in heaven so I will cherish her gift to me always. The gift was so much more than the apron because I know each stitch was sewn with love, little did she know all the memories of her that are wrapped in that apron as well. It is so special to me and it will be passed on to my daughter with as much love.
I don't know if they will ever be favorites, but in an effort to revive the use of aprons, that has become my standard wedding gift. I make at least one for the bride, but if I know the groom enjoys sharing the kitchen, I make a matching set for the couple. It's fun to do and I hope that it's not just a cover-up to use when they cook, but a "kitchen tool" they can use to create many memories for their own family through the years.
Here's an idea that can help create a lot of fun and special memories to use with your families. I do this for brides-to-be at Pampered Bride shows. I give the bride-to-be an apron with fabric markers and each of the guests at the shower sign the apron.
Wouldn't it be a great idea for a birthday party for your son or daughter/grandchildren? Make a special birthday apron, the kids could make their own treats with simple recipes (personal pizzas or decorate cupcakes), and then they all sign the birthday child's apron. Of course, all of this is supervised with mom in the kitchen. Or you could be real energetic and make an apron for each of the kids to take home with a take-home bag of some of the treats they made. I think it would be so much fun to do. Or you could do the same thing for any other family member's milestone celebrations, especially if you have a family that likes to cook like ours does. You could date it and write what the menu was or who brough what dish and then have it signed by everyone. The possibilities (and memories/traditions) are endless.
Oh, Wow! I just realized something....that's a perfect gift to give our son, who just became a chef, for his 21st birthday!! You know how hard it is to buy for kids sometime, okay, he's not exactly a "kid" anymore, but you know what I mean.
Well,we are having a huge backyard BBQ for him with about 100 friends and family. I can make and extra long apron and have everyone there sign it with special birthday greetings on one side and match it up with a chef print on the other side. Oh, thank you ladies for letting me think this through and come up with a memorable gift idea for him. I don't think I would have come up with that idea if I hadn't been wrtiting this post. I owe it all to you all! I'm so excited! I can't wait to get home from work so I can dig out the sewing machine. Whoo-hoo!! :o) (Oh dear, that means I'll have to go to JoAnns.....again.) LOL
Have a most blessed day.
In His hands,
Lynda |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Jul 22 2005 : 1:55:44 PM
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Wow, lynda - I just thought through a lot of things with you reading that post! That is a great gift idea for your son - how perfect for a new chef! And a wonderful story about the matching aprons from your grandma. Aprons surely mean a lot more than we give them credit for huh?
jpbluesky
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jul 22 2005 : 5:52:57 PM
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I have been thinking of making a working apron (for shearing, milking and like that) from an old pair of my overalls. Hate to part with overalls no matter how bad they get...the knees and leg bottoms usually get the most worn out..heck..plenty left for an apron!!!
Jenny in Utah
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FarrarFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
330 Posts
Lynda
Frohna
Missouri
USA
330 Posts |
Posted - Jul 22 2005 : 6:42:36 PM
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I bet that will be a really good way to make an apron - half the work is already done and you already have the straps built in. It would actually be a really cute working apron! :o)
Share pictures of it or at least how you did it when you get it done, you just might be onto something. Good luch with your re-construction and fun apron!
Blessings on your creativity.
In His hands,
Lynda
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ArmyWifey
True Blue Farmgirl
712 Posts
Holly
Abilene
KS
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Posted - Jul 23 2005 : 09:28:53 AM
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I would love to make a big old fashioned one but the one I have right now is a camo one.
It's a BDU top that's been cut to make an apron with the collar intact. It has stars on the collar and says Household Six on the chest pocket. IT's a running joke in the Army.......see the commander's call sign in the field is _____ Six (as in Cougar Six, etc) so Household Six is the joke for your personal commander being your wife.
Blessings,
Holly
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
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Posted - Jul 23 2005 : 10:10:45 AM
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That is cute Holly! Your apron sounds really unique!
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvg/cits/sb/sb101.html |
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TheSoapMaven
True Blue Farmgirl
691 Posts
Susan
LA
USA
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Posted - Jul 24 2005 : 06:29:38 AM
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Here's a picture of my past and present favorite aprons! I have some lovely vintage aprons that were mine that my granny made me...even one my great granny made me. My girls all have aprons made for them by me or their grandmas. I NEED the full coverage kind! Messy, messy cook!
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mollymae
True Blue Farmgirl
694 Posts
Molly
Visalia
California
USA
694 Posts |
Posted - Jul 24 2005 : 06:56:48 AM
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Susan, how adorable!!! I LOVE your red gingham one! Thanks for sharing the pictures
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
"If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain. If I can ease one life the Aching or cool one pain, or help one fainting robin unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain" ~Emily Dickinson
**When life throws scraps your way ~ Make a Quilt!**
Sisterhood of the Traveling Art |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
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Posted - Jul 24 2005 : 09:01:44 AM
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Susan you are a diva!!!! That red gingham is precious! You are lovely! Thank you for sharing!
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvg/cits/sb/sb101.html |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jul 24 2005 : 4:09:54 PM
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cute cute cute...now and then!!!
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things! |
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shelley ginger
Farmgirl in Training
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Shelley
Ossining
New York
USA
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Posted - Jul 24 2005 : 4:34:46 PM
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Susan...sweet, cute and A-dorable!! ...and just like Aunt Jenny said..."now and then"!!
Hugs...Shelley
ps...I'm on a mission to find a great vintage apron pattern.
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realme52
True Blue Farmgirl
106 Posts
Klara
Gatesville
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 25 2005 : 5:47:12 PM
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My favorite apron is only available to me in my memories. But there it will never fade, tear or get stained. It is a simple jet elegant white cotton apron with a completely rectangular bib and a very long straight skirt (the kind that oldfashioned housemaids used to wear). It was worn by my great-aunt Elli who raised me when I was a small child and my mother was off to work. She ALWAYS had it ironed and starched so heavily that I was sure the apron would stand up straight when Elli took it off. The starch was so strong that it surrounded Elli with a cloud of starchy scent wherever she went. Many years later, I was all grown up and had a family of my own, I woke up one morning and the scent of starch lingered in the air. I immediately thought of my aunt. I was 500miles away from her. A moment later the telephone rang. It was my mother who informed me that Elli had died in the early morning hours. I knew: she had "come to see me" before she left this world and the scent of starch was her way to let me know....(by the way, we never found the apron when sorting through her belongings!)
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cheryl sisk
Farmgirl in Training
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cheryl
darien
wi
USA
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Posted - Jul 25 2005 : 6:01:11 PM
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| i love all your apron storys thats what life is all about. they make me smlie iam working on 2 new ones i have a 1950s christams one i found at a rummage sale cheryl sisk |
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Farm Kitchen: Describe your favorite APRON!! |
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Describe your favorite APRON!!
