History of the Apron

The principle use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, but along with that, it served as a holder 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. REMEMBER THIS! 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 !! Until next time cousins......

Cool New Stuff

I did add some cool stuff today. One is another website to follow. All People Quilt is an exicitng website full of free patterns and videos on "How to Do" stuff. I also added inspirational daily prayer. I thought we could all use that from time to time. The creator of allpeoplequilt.com is Better Homes and Garden, a name we have all known for years. I received a free magazine and decided to buy a subscription after visiting their website. You can never get enough inspiration and tips on quilting. I've been searching for a project and decided on a picture quilt of my grandchildren. This is where you take a picture and duplicate it with fabric. First I have to gather the kids together for a group picture. I want to take them all out in the country for a picture in a Texas bluebonnet field. Our wild flowers (thanks to Lady Bird Johnson) are something else and you havent' seen anything until you see a field of bluebonnets. What a beautiful wall hanging that would make! I will be home in late May or early June and I thought it would be nice if the "quiltingcousins" got together for lunch and quilting. We could also get our picture taken for the blog. Let me know what you think of that idea. Until next time ladies, keep on quilting! Your quilting cousin Debbie