Anyway....the girls at Urban Homestead are having an apron pattern give-away, which I'd love to win. Even so I'm seriously considering making a new apron, from the most darling retro apron pattern book as yet unused. True it is for children, but the size and length is right for me. They are not much different than the adult ones from the company.
I'm thinking of my dear Aunt Wilma, who baked pies for ritzy Beverly Hills restaurants. She always wore an apron, a twinkling eye, and a smile, as she worked in her kitchen. She loved her job as homemaker, as much as I do. Then there was Grandma Downen and Aunt Betty, together these three dear ladies made the yummiest plum jelly from the Santa Rosa plum trees in Aunt Betty's Pomona, CA yard. Of course they all wore aprons over their dresses. I remember, when the aunties began wearing pants but never Grandma.
Anyway, now I wear full aprons with pockets, when I do my morning chores or cook. Half aprons never work for me, because I always get the mess on top. I made a cute one to wear, while gardening or cleaning the chicken coop with brown egg and chicken wire prints. Sadly, I no longer have chickens. I made a reversible one with some pretty calico. A blogging buddy sent me a cute pink one with rick rack. My husband thinks they are all sexy. He and the boys wear full black aprons, when they work in the kitchen.
