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Apron strings: utilitarian garment makes a comeback as an accessory and collectible.
Byline: Molly Glentzer
Jun. 30--A lot of pretty books land on my desk. But none has made me miss my Grandma Wilson quite like ElynnAnne Geisel's The Apron Book: Making, Wearing and Sharing a Bit of Comfort and Cloth ($16.95, Andrews McMeel).
Mercy Wilson, my mother's mother, was the type Geisel's book celebrates -- a no-nonsense woman who raised 10 kids, most of them during the Depression in Oklahoma. She loved to tell stories about how she and Grandpa homesteaded from western Canada in a wagon. Our family especially liked to hear the part about how they had to gig frogs for dinner along the way.
Maybe she comes to mind because I remember helping her hang clothes on a clothesline -- which is how some of the aprons in Geisel's book are displayed. The book includes how-tos for sewing aprons, a pull-out pattern and colorful apron lore.
Geisel distinguishes three basic apron types: workday (sturdy and the most protective, with bib fronts), everyday (i.e., not precious) and fancy (definitely precious -- more party accessory than utility).
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