Do you remember Grandmother's apron?

I am sure it has all the uses that you have listed but the one that I enjoyed the most is that it was my Grandma that I identified with that apron. Thanks for jogging that memory !

I have some aprons that I find in shops in the city. I have two 'Christmas' aprons and 3 for everyday. I am a messy cook and I look a mess too. That is why I bought the aprons. I also know a woman who makes them but she wants 25 dollars each. The ones I have were under 12 dollars. Poppy

Indeed I do remember. In addition to all the uses of aprons you mentioned, there was another thing I recall about it. My Grandmother always wore a large white apron that practically covered her dress at least in the front. Her apron had large pockets and she kept a little pipe and and some tobacco in one of them. After she finished all her work she would "sit a spell' and smoke the little pipe. I was very young then but I remember it well.

My grandmother never wore an apron, ever, when she was alive, of course I must add that we were in a country where she did not need to were an apron as she did not do any cooking or housework.

You brought back so many wonderful memories of my granny. And yes she had many aprons, she made them all herself. I'm really happy someone remembers the great "old days". In my case, it was the late 40s and all of the 1950s. Keep those old traditions alive with memories.

Yes I do remember Grandmas aprons, and I too wear them as they save my clothes from getting ruined by grease spatter etc.

They are easy to make, so I make my own and enjoy them.

Thanks for the memories !

Kitty that was beautiful and brought back a lot of memories of grandma's apron and also of my moms apron.

Yes, they were versatile. My grandmother made hers from flour sacks and pinned the tops to her clothes with straight pins, which we had to watch for in big hugs. She put on a clean apron for company and she always had a cake covered with a cloth on her table in case a hungry guest dropped by. Thanks for the great memory so near to mother's day.

Here is another item and poem that will bring back memories; my Grandmother even starched and ironed them!

THE FLOUR SACK

BY COLLEEN B. HUBERT

IN THAT LONG AGO TIME WHEN THINGS WERE SAVED,

WHEN ROADS WERE GRAVELED AND BARRELS WERE STAVED,

WHEN WORN-OUT CLOTHING WAS USED AS RAGS,

AND THERE WERE NO PLASTIC WRAP OR BAGS,

AND THE WELL AND THE PUMP WERE WAY OUT BACK,

A VERSITILE ITEM, WAS THE FLOUR SACK.

PILLSBURY'S BEST, MOTHER'S AND GOLD MEDAL, TOO

STAMPED THEIR NAMES PROUDLY IN PURPLE AND BLUE.

THE STRING SEWN ON TOP WAS PULLED AND KEPT;

THE FLOUR EMPTIED AND SPILLS WERE SWEPT.

THE BAG WAS FOLDED AND STORED IN A SACK

THAT DURABLE, PRACTICAL FLOUR SACK.

THE SACK COULD BE FILLED WITH FEATHER AND DOWN,

FOR A PILLOW, OR T'WOULD MAKE A SLEEPING GOWN.

IT COULD CARRY A BOOK AND BE A SCHOOL BAG,

OR BECOME A MAIL SACK SLUNG OVER A NAG.

IT MADE A VERY CONVENIENT PACK,

THAT ADAPTABLE, COTTON FLOUR SACK.

BLEACHED AND SEWN, IT WAS DUTIFULLY WORN

AS BIBS, DIAPERS, OR KERCHIEF ADORNED.

IT WAS MADE INTO SKIRTS, BLOUSES AND SLIPS

AND MOM BRAIDED RUGS FROM ONE HUNDRED STRIPS.

SHE MADE RUFFLED CURTAINS FOR THE HOUSE OR SHACK,

FROM THAT HUMBLE BUT TREASURED FLOUR SACK!

AS A STRAINER FOR MILK OR APPLE JUICE,

TO WAVE MEN IN, IT WAS A VERY GOOD USE,

AS A SLING FOR A SPRAINED WRIST OR A BREAK,

TO HELP MOTHER ROLL UP A JELLY CAKE,

AS A WINDOW SHADE OR TO STUFF A CRACK,

WE USED A STURDY, COMMOM FLOUR SACK!

AS DISH TOWELS, EMBROIDERED OR NOT,

THEY COVERED UP DOUGH, HELPED PASS PANS SO HOT,

TIED UP DISHES FOR NEIGHBORS IN NEED,

AND FOR MEN OUT IN THE FIELD TO SEED.

THEY DRIED DISHES FROM PAN, NOT RACK

THAT ABSORBENT, HANDY FLOUR SACK!

WE POLISHED AND CLEANED STOVE AND TABLE,

SCOURED AND SCRUBBED FROM CELLAR TO GABLE,

WE DUSTED THE BUREAU AND OAK BED POST,

MADE COSTUMES FOR OCTOBER (A SCARY GHOST)

AND A PARACHUTE FOR A CAT NAMED JACK.

FROM THAT LOWLY, USEFUL OLD FLOUR SACK!

SO NOW MY FRIENDS, WHEN THEY ASK YOU,

AS CURIOUS YOUNGSTERS OFTEN DO,

"BEFORE PLASTIC WRAP, ELMERS GLUE

AND PAPER TOWELS, WHAT DID YOU DO?"

TELL THEM LOUDLY AND WITH PRIDE DON'T LACK,

"GRANDMOTHER HAD THAT WONDERFUL FLOUR SACK

No. Neither of my grandmothers knew how to cook and had servants for everything.

I, on the other hand, DO have an apron!