Mary has started a collection of vintage aprons and just added a few more this past weekend at an auction in Iowa. She brought several of them to coffee this morning to share with the rest of us.
It is great to see that magazines, newspaper, and even The Wall Street Journal are featuring stories about aprons. This is great for Mary--she's been designing apron patterns for the past few years using the ideas and shapes of old aprons and adding modern styles. Lots of people have memories about aprons and how the skirts were used to carry eggs from the chicken house to the kitchen and cucumbers from the garden to the kitchen. Other stories are of aprons drying the tears of young children. They were worn for work but turned over to expose a cleaner side when company or the preacher arrived. That's why she thinks it makes a lot of sense to make aprons reversible--in fact, her newest pattern is "Newfangled Reversible Aprons" and it includes sizes for adults and children and three styles of aprons (she gave each of us a free pattern last week). The pattern and Mary will be featured on "Sewing with Nancy" on PBS television in January. Check it out on the link to her website, Mary's Productions.
