The Apron Book: Making, Wearing, and Sharing a Bit of Cloth and Comfort

The Apron Book: Making, Wearing, and Sharing a Bit of Cloth and Comfort
by EllynAnne Geisel

The Apron Book: Making, Wearing, and Sharing a Bit of Cloth and Comfort
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Author: EllynAnne Geisel
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-05
ISBN: 0740761811
Number of pages: 152
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Book Review: Mostly wonderful
Summary: 4 Stars

This book of reminisces, history and apron philosophy is a lovely book. It's stocked full of people's memories of the women and men in their lives who wore aprons and what those aprons meant to them.
There are a few apron projects in it to make your own apron, and they were well illustrated and well explained. I wish there were more of them, but what there was is a great start to creating your own one of a kind aprons.
There are also recipes and cleaning tips.
Mostly I liked it. If you enjoy sewing and love aprons it's a great book, and given the resurgence of domesticity right now and how much more people are cooking at home it's right on target for that niche.

Summary of The Apron Book: Making, Wearing, and Sharing a Bit of Cloth and Comfort

Vintage aprons and modern designs are turning up in movies, magazine spreads, upscale shops, and hip retail venues like Anthropologie, whose trendy line of aprons is selling as fast as they can stock them. The Apron Book is an infectiously enthusiastic guide to aprons, old and new, that are suddenly everywhere.

Aprons take us back to our favorite place?hearth and home. Vintage aprons help us remember home and family the way they used to be, while bright and sassy contemporary aprons confirm that nesting is all the rage. Actress and trendsetter Julia Roberts has a closetful of vintage aprons. Celebrity custom-made apron auctions have become an annual event for several popular charities in the past few years.

The Apron Book provides full-color photos of new and vintage aprons from the author's collection, patterns for four basic apron styles and myriad variations, recipes, tips on collecting and preserving vintage aprons, and heart-tugging stories from the author's traveling apron exhibit. The book also explores the heyday of aprons and looks at the various roles aprons still play when worn in the kitchen, around the house, by the backyard grill, on the job, and for special occasions.

Warm and inviting?but like an apron quite practical!?this book is a celebration of a great American icon and reminds us of what we loved about the people who wore them.

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