Mum always wore an apron, usually with her wedding ring pinned to the bib with a nappy pin. One frosty winter morning she got back from milking and discovered her wedding ring was missing.
Back in the 1960s it was a dreadful thing to not be wearing a wedding ring - particularly with six little kids trailing along behind like a duck train. I think Mum wore her engagement ring back to front when we went to town, church etc so she wouldnt be branded a Scarlet Woman (not that it would have mattered - everyone knew who she was! But it mattered to her). Until about six months later she saw something glinting in the dust of a hot summer morning as she was struggling back with a couple of buckets of warm frothy milk - and there was her wedding ring.
Mrs Prange from Mittyack made most of Mum's aprons. She had even more kids but they were a bit more spread out and older and able to look after the younger ones, so she had time to whip up aprons. I guess she made thousands over the years. Always full aprons with sensible ties and bibs and a useful pocket or two for hankies and little kids' treasures.
Remember this apron I wrote about a few months ago?
I found a lovely give-away apron to celebrate Goosegirl's 100th posting.
You can find out about her give-away here.
Isn't this gorgeous? It is rather similar to the old pattern I lust after. In fact Goosegirl copied it from an ancient flour bag apron that used to belong to her MIL.
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Brings back memories - Mum's aprons when she was cooking, my Nana's aprons - always fun to investigate her pockets! And apron parades at school, with prizes. Then the aprons were sold on fete day! I remember one apron Mum made for me to wear, that was made out of 2 matching teatowels! Big orange, yellow and green spots! I didnt want to part with it!
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