Grandma's Apron

A friend of mine sent me this little description of Grandma's apron recently....perhaps you got it too...I thought it was neat so I'm sharing it with you along with some of my vintage aprons.

{I didn't iron them....don't tell Grandma!}

Grandma’s Apron

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. It also 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 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.

Those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids when company arrived.

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 Grandma went out the door and waved her apron, the men knew that dinner was ready for them.

It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that
'old-time apron' that served so many purposes.

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You know that we are crazy about aprons at the wild raspberry. We have a bunch of great new ones that we just put onto our site today. Hope you can come and see them.

Have a very vintagey day.
Drop by Suzanne's to revel in more vintage goodies!