More & More ApRonS... now YOU vote!

It started out earlier this year with my desire to have a fun apron. I got a "retro" pattern with three different versions, added fun fabrics and went to work. This is the result of my first retro apron.

APRON#1

On Mother's day, I decided to make my mom an apron and tried a different version.

APRON #2

Then I made my girlfriend, Kathy an apron.
Apron #3

Next was an apron from my girlfriend, Lori. On this one, I experimented a little more with another pattern version and the addition of some super cute rick-rack.

Apron #4

I got a special request from Kathy to make an apron for her daughter, Darian and it turned out looking like this.

Apron #5

My most recent apron was for my girlfriend, Heather, and this one has some bright fabric and HUGE rick-rack across the bottom flounce.

Apron #6

My girls both like to be my stand-in manikin for pictures whenever I finish an apron project. They both want me to make them their own aprons and whenever I find an extra chunk of time that I don't know what to do with, I'll get that done {maybe}.

Now it is time for you to weigh-in and vote... What is your favorite Apron? or Which apron would you choose for either yourself or for my daughters? or What features do you look for in an apron? or Would you ever even wear an apron? I am interested in hearing your opinions.

Apron Number Three

Just wanted to quick share number three made for my BFF, Kathy. Abby again was my stand in mannequin. I seriously need to get one of my own some day.

Orange and green is my favorite color combination.

Fabrics are all from the Quilters Cottage in Fergus; the decision on which 3 fabrics to mix together was compliments of Lori. Thanks for helping me, Lori!

What's a flounce?

We decided that Grandma Rose needed a new apron for Mother's Day. So I made my mom an apron with a flounce so she could flounce around the kitchen. Funny thing was, my husband had never heard of a "flounce" before, so he learned something in this process as well. Apparently, Steve hasn't flounced before. :-)

Angelique picked out the fabrics for me. She thought this fabric would make the best apron for Grandma.
Abby was the model and she flounced around in our kitchen to make sure that the apron did what it was supposed to do.

Grandma Rose loved the apron.

Just in case you aren't familiar with how to flounce with a flounce, here are the official definitions:

flounce ¹ (flouns)

n.

A strip of decorative, usually gathered or pleated material attached by one edge, as on a garment or curtain.

tr.v. flounced, flounc·ing, flounc·es

To trim with a strip or strips of gathered or pleated material.

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flounce ² (flouns)

intr.v. flounced, flounc·ing, flounc·es

1.

a. To move in a lively or bouncy manner: The children flounced around the room in their costumes.

b. To move with exaggerated or affected motions: flounced petulantly out of the house.

2. To move clumsily; flounder.

n.

The act or motion of flouncing.

New Retro Apron

My mom sent me an e-mail last week called The History of Aprons and it reminded me of both of my grandmothers and the aprons they always wore. It made me really want to have my own brightly colored retro apron. So... I made one.

First I found some bright colored fabrics...

and the perfect pattern with a few unique styles of retro aprons.

Then some quick sewing... and tada... a new Retro apron!

The girls loved the apron too, which means I will to be sewing up a couple more!

Here I am with my favorite cookbook, which is coincidentally, from the 1950's. And below is the e-mail which inspired this project.

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, 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 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. Or it can be a good history lesson for those that have no idea how the apron played a part in our lives.


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 ! !