The Apron Book: Making, Wearing, and Sharing a Bit of Cloth and Comfort | 
 enlarge | Author: Ellynanne Geisel
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 6494
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 152
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7 x 1
ISBN: 0740761811
Dewey Decimal Number: 391.44
EAN: 9780740761812
ASIN: 0740761811
Publication Date: September 5, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: New - may have a small remainder mark on the edge.
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Product Description
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 placeome. 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 invitingbut 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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 Good history lesson June 22, 2008
I decided I was going to make aprons for my female family and friends for Christmas and ordered this book hoping it would give me lots of different ideas. It is actually more of a history lesson on aprons but did have lots of pictures and patterns and instructions. There does not seem to be a glut of books on Aprons so this was a good choice. If you are the least bit creative you can go with some of their general ideas and expand on them. Makes a nice coffee table book too.
The Apron Book June 12, 2008
Love this book!
I am always recommending it to others who love Aprons and apron stories.
It even has a user friendly pattern in the back of the book.
A must have as well as a great gift to send to friends who are apronistas!
Thoroughly enjoyable June 5, 2008
I love this book - it brings back great memories. Very interesting information, photos, patterns, a great book to add to one's library.
When the student is ready May 9, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I had to make an apron in Home Ec class many (many) years ago. I didn't enjoy it at all. I didn't care for the fabric, didn't really get the hang of using a sewing machine, just felt it was a waste of time. Nobody in my family wore an apron, anyway, somehow they miraclously stayed clean during food prep.
Flash forward a few decades. I like to cook and bake and I did not inherit the miracle of not getting messy while I cooked. Most aprons you can buy in a store are servicable - but not exactly flashy or pretty. One of my supervisors whipped up aprons as Christmas presents one year. I was amazed because I knew she was a very busy woman. Slowly, I began to gather fabric to make aprons. And when the student is ready, the teacher will appear. That's how I feel about this book. I recommend it highly.
A darling coffee table book. April 28, 2008
Saw this in my book club at twice the money. I really identify with these, the good old days. Days when aprons were a part of getting dressed each day. I still am an apron person. Love those pockets.
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