You can't help but look and feel cute in an old-fashioned kitchen apron!
Vintage aprons are cute, collectible and homey as well as functional items to have in the kitchen. Featured here are dozens of pretty vintage aprons that you can bid on or buy now from eBay, books and sewing patterns for making your own aprons, links to websites that sell vintage fabrics, books on collecting aprons, gifts and books for children and other nostalgic goodies! If you are browsing the Internet for a vintage apron, you have definitely come to the right place!
You might find kitchen aprons anywhere from the stylish 1930's to the funky 1970's on this popular lens (my apron selection varies almost day to day). There are several styles of old aprons here including country aprons, oilcloth aprons, western and rockabilly aprons made from a variety of material such as organdy, organza, flour sacks, cotton and silk. I also included a section that features aprons for men, and sewing patterns for men's aprons.
Most of the aprons featured on this lens are "hiphonest". The aprons here are stylish, and most were handmade a long time ago from feed sacks, old dresses or whatever poor folks had on hand; therefore, they are being reused by a different generation.
You can e-mail this popular lens to your antique-loving, retro-crazed friends so they can see the skads of vintage aprons featured here, and you can contact me to make a suggestion or just to say "hello". Feel free to sign the guestbook and let everyone know why YOU like vintage aprons! For other great retro finds for your home, wardrobe or music collection, visit Retro Loco!™ where you will find retro aprons and matching accessories, retro dishes, clocks, artwork and other groovy things for your home, wardrobe and pets! Enjoy!
My other retro lenses are:
- Retro Christmas: Vintage trees, decorations, cookbooks, aprons, classic holiday movies, music, gifts and more to plan a retro Christmas!
- Vintage Valentines: Forget the chocolate and flowers! Get creative. Be original. Give a gift that will be cherished!
- Retro Calendars: Nostalgic calendars with classic cars, vintage advertisements, retro humor and more.
- Karen Carpenter: Read about Karen's life and shop for music and collectibles
- Retro Cookbooks: New cookbooks with fun, nostalgic recipes. You will find some great gift ideas here!
- Vintage Cookbooks: Features dozens of old cookbooks, categorized by decade dating from the 1920's to the 1980's. Also sells vintage recipe boxes and cookbook easels.
- Retro Loco!: Are you Nuts for Nostalgia? Retro items for your kitchen, wardrobe, music collection and home.
Thanksgiving Aprons
This section is in progress. Sorry I'm behind on my holidays and updating this lens, folks. It has been a super busy year for me, and I have been a Squidoo slacker! I am trying to get caught up on my Squidoo lenses, and I hope to have everything updated soon.
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Countdown to Thanksgiving
More Thanksgiving Aprons
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Whether you have a real poodle, or you like things that remind you of Paris, or maybe you miss wearing that poodle skirt you had in high school in the 50's, you are sure to find a cute poodle apron below that suits your style.
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Most of the items on this lens are from eBay, so I have included these useful links.
- Very Useful Search Commands on eBay
- This link will take you to a list of search commands on eBay that will help make your search easier by narrowing your search and giving you more precise search results. I love these search commands -- they really help narrow the results which can save a lot of time.
- How to Find What You Are Looking For on eBay
- eBay's list of "Top Questions about Finding What You Are Looking For". This list has links to some very helpful information, particularly useful to a new eBayer.
- eBay's General Help Index
- It is skads of fun to shop on eBay, but you need to know the rules before you bid on, buy or sell an item on eBay. You can find an answer to almost any question about eBay by using the General Help Index.
A Few Christmas Goodies by Retro Loco!
Aprons With Graphic Art by Retro Loco!™
The apron on the right features a retro design inspired by old advertisements that I created for Christmas. This design reads, "I've Been 100% Super Duper Really Naughty", and it has bold colors and retro-style fonts. This nostalgic design reminds me of a vintage ad for a car or a kitchen appliance. Both of these aprons are made of a sturdy cotton/polyester blend twill fabric, are machine washable and have two center-stitched bottom compartment pouches for keeping utensils and recipes handy.
Christmas is a time of year when people do a lot of cooking and baking, so it is a good time to wear kitchen aprons. Aprons with a Christmas theme are fun to wear, and both of the aprons shown here have retro artwork that is fun, colorful and nostalgic. The bright, bold graphics on old advertising signs from the forties and fifties inspired me to make these vintage-style Christmas designs. The design on the left reads, "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas", which is the title of one of my favorite Christmas songs (Dean Martin's version). If you click on the image, you will be taken to my online store where you can see a larger view of the design and its details, including snowflakes, a Santa hat and letters that look like candy canes.
Vintage Aprons Sold in Lots
(set #1)
Shown here are both vintage (old / used) and new, but vintage-inspired, aprons sold in lots. Imagine how FUN it would be to dig through a box full of aprons when the package arrives...kind of like Christmas day! How are you going to decide which apron to wear first?? If you do not see what you want here, just click on one of the images which will take you to eBay, then you can do a search once you get there. Try these search terms along with the word, "apron": retro, vintage, antique, kitchen, swiss dot, crochet, bark cloth, hostess, flour sack, old-fashioned, primitive, home-spun, organza. For example, type in: hostess apron
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(set #2)
If you do not see the type of apron you are looking for, you can always click on any one of these aprons, which will take you directly to eBay, then you can do your own search to see thousands of aprons. A search using the words, "retro apron" usually yields new aprons, not old ones, which is why new aprons often appear in this section.
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(set #3)
Because oilcloth is waterproof (or semi-waterproof), these aprons are perfect for doing chores where a lot of water is splashed such as bathing a child or pet, gardening and washing a car. (they are also really colorful and cute!)
Oilcloth was, traditionally, heavy cotton or linen cloth with a linseed oil coating: it was semi-water-proof. The most familiar use was for brightly printed kitchen tablecloths. Dull colored oilcloth was used for bedrolls, sou'westers, and tents. By the late 1950's, oilcloth became a synonym for vinyl (polyvinyl chloride) bonded to a flanneled cloth. (From Wikipedia)
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(set #4)
Using the search terms, "Americana apron" can yield all kinds of results. Sometimes other items such as a cookie jar will come up in a search for Americana aprons. The cookie jars are cute, but if you only want to see actual aprons that you can wear, then try a search such as this: "Americana apron -jar" or "Americana apron -jar, -cookie" (do not type the quotation marks).
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(set #5)
Jessie Steele aprons are known for nostalgic fabrics in bright colors and perky prints. Having the same charm as those kitschy aprons worn by cheerful housewives in the 1950's, these retro aprons make quite a fashion statement worn in the kitchen or worn over your favorite pair of bluejeans while out shopping!
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(set #6) Note: Aprons do not always appear in this section. Availability varies almost daily.
Sometimes you get better search results by spelling words different ways (even if one spelling is incorrect) which is why you might see "Floursack Aprons" and/or "Flour Sack Aprons" listed here. Anyway, I LOVE these aprons! I have a few aprons that my grandmother made out of her flour sacks and feed sacks many years ago. Poor people and thrifty people made clothing, pillows, aprons, quilts and no telling what else out of the cloth sacks their flour and feed came in.
These aprons are cute, colorful and collectible little gems! I think flour sack and feed sack aprons must be the rarest of vintage aprons. Some days aprons appear in this section, and some days they do not. If you do not see any aprons here, just keep checking back to see if any have been listed by an eBay seller.
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(set #7) Beautiful and Unusual Aprons Made of Silk or Silk Trim
Doing a search for "silk apron" on eBay returns some interesting results. I found some unique vintage aprons made in Italy and France -- some dating back to the roaring twenties. To see more, just click on any eBay apron image you see here, then type in the words, "silk apron" (without the quotes) in eBay's search box and see all the gorgeous silk aprons and other garments. You will be surprised at the results!
Please keep in mind that what you see here today might be gone tomorrow (or even in a few minutes), so if you see an apron here that you like, click on it to go to eBay.com, then you can either bid on the apron, or if you are not ready to bid, just click on the words, "Watch this item" near the top right, then you will be prompted to log in to your account, and you will then be notified by e-mail when bidding time is almost up on that item. Good luck bidding!
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Hand washing your vintage aprons and linens preserves the colors and extends the life of delicate fabrics.
Organza Aprons on eBay
(set #8)
For those of you who might not know, organza is a light-weight, sheer fabric with a bit of a shimmer to it and is very pretty and feminine! Aprons made of organza are not meant to be workhorses, but are more for making you look and feel pretty and fashionable! Vintage organza aprons are very collectible. I never wear mine, I just like to display them on a peg board wall in my kitchen.
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(set #9)
Organdy aprons are made from a sheer feminine fabric, and they look beautiful hanging around in an old farmhouse kitchen or Victorian kitchen. Heck, these little cuties look great anywhere and can turn a drab home into a very romantic one.
These cutesy aprons are terrific birthday and housewarming presents for suzy homemaker-type girls or for any woman who has an interest in collecting old household items. These darling aprons also make nice wedding shower and unique hostess gifts. A frilly apron could also be part of a halloween costume -- just use your imagination and have fun! You could dress up as a "Not-So-Innocent Housewife" and put on some stilettos, an apron and fishnet stockings (don't forget to put on something underneath the apron). Carry around your trick-or-treat bag in one hand and a pink feather duster in the other and off you go!!
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(set #10)
These aprons are beautiful and anything but shabby. The florals and pastels are so feminine, you might not want to take one of these aprons off once you put it on!
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A little apron history...
The apron was traditionally viewed as an essential garment for anyone doing housework. Cheaper clothes and washing machines made aprons less common beginning in the mid 1960s in some countries such as the United States. However, the practice of wearing aprons remains strong in many places.
Today, the apron has enjoyed a minor renaissance in terms of both women and men now wearing them when performing household chores. For instance, an article in the Wall Street Journal claimed in 2005 that the apron is "enjoying a renaissance as a retro-chic fashion accessory" in the United States[1]. However, it still is not as prevalent as it was prior to the 1960s.Aprons are nowadays considered equally appropriate for both women and men by most people. However, prevailing social norms ensure that women frequently wear more delicate clothing, and may therefore be more likely to want the protection an apron offers.
When domestic workers are supplied a uniform by their employers, an apron is often included. The aprons are worn for hygienic as well as for identification purposes. Read the entire Wikipedia article
Gingham Aprons on eBay
(set #11)
Aprons made of gingham cotton fabric have a warm, down-on-the-farm country look. I always loved gingham when I was a child, especially pink and white gingham.
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(set #12)
Wearing a red, white and blue apron is a great way to liven up your next picnic or barbecue. Show your patriotism by wearing our nation's colors. Check out the AGE of the first apron below! The first apron shown here is a rare historical apron manufactured by Dunnel Manufacturing Company for distribution at the Cotton Centenary of 1890 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
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(set #13)
Rockabilly aprons are cute, funky and very hip. Sometimes you can find an apron here that is frilly, lacy and feminine with a touch of toughness such as a skull on it. Isn't that what women have to be these days -- feminine and tough at the same time?
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(set #14)
Western vintage aprons are so cute and so kitch. I think these are my favorite vintage aprons. I love anything with retro cowboys, cowgirls and Indians!
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(eBay set #15)
Children, especially little girls, love to dress up like their mothers and play "grownup". Your child or grandchild will enjoy wearing his or her very own vintage apron while helping you bake cookies and prepare meals in the kitchen. You can even find matching aprons for mother and child on eBay. A vintage apron for your boy or girl would make a fun gift for a birthday or Christmas. For more vintage gifts for children, visit the kids' section on my Vintage Cookbooks lens where you will find children's vintage cookbooks, vintage toy stoves, cookware and baking sets for kids.
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(set #16)
Tie one of these aprons on your fella, and he will look so cute you won't even care if he burns dinner! A unique gift for a birthday or Christmas any man is sure to love.
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(set #17) **NEW!**
You asked for it, you got it! A few of you have inquired about plus size aprons and when they will be featured here. Below is a small selection of plus sized aprons made from beautiful fabrics. Not all of these aprons are vintage -- a few are new but are made with a vintage style. You can also find sewing patterns for plus size aprons by clicking here.
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(set #18) GREAT GIFT IDEA for Christmas!
Matching mother-daughter apron sets are wonderful gifts for fathers or grandparents to give to a special mother and daughter team, or for a mother to give to her little princess. Little girls love to play "grownup", and they enjoy watching their mothers and following their every move! If you are shopping for a little girl, consider buying her an apron set. Godmothers, grandmothers, aunts and big sisters can also have fun wearing the adult apron and cooking up something in the kitchen with a special little girl!
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(set #19)
Who would have thought there would be aprons that cost $100 or more? These aprons are for the serious collector, for the gift recipient who has everything and for anyone who just likes to brag about how much they paid for something! One of these aprons framed in a picture frame or shadow box would make a great Christmas gift to be cherished for many generations.
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(set #20)
Playing around with different search terms on eBay is always fun! I typed, "sexy apron" when I did this search, (without the quotes) and I found all kinds of items including lingerie that is probably not appropriate to display on this lens! I also found Halloween costumes, and some beautiful aprons that would make wonderful gifts for a bride-to-be. Try your hand at different search terms, and you will find hundreds of sexy vintage and retro aprons. If sexy is what you're looking for, visit my Pinup Calendars lens for pinup-style clothing, costumes, accessories and aprons for women and neck ties, cigarette cases, framed art and more for men.
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Aprons and feather dusters, they just seem to go together!
Taking Care of Your Vintage Aprons
- Never have your vintage aprons dry cleaned, unless there happens to be a care label on the garment that specifically states to have the garment dry cleaned. Dry cleaning can weaken the fibers of some vintage fabrics, and it can also fade or cause ugly spots on the fabric.
- Never hang any type of wet garment to dry if it is a stretchy fabric such as a crocheted apron. Wet yarn and some other fibers will stretch out from here to kingdom come if they are hung while wet, so it is best to lay them out flat on an old towel or sweater dryer.
- Remember to keep any vintage textile away from bright light.
- Never store any type of vintage fabrics near a heat source.
- Never store vintage fabrics in a basement or other high-humidity environment.
- If you fold vintage aprons or clothing, do not store them this way, because they can end up with permanent crease marks. Instead, you can lay the apron flat on a sheet of acid-free tissue paper, smooth out the wrinkles with your clean hands, then place another sheet of tissue on top of the apron, then roll this entire little sandwich-looking thing up (do not roll tightly), then store with your other linens in a dark closet or drawer.
- Another good way to store vintage aprons and table linens is to roll them up on a cardboard tube such as a tube from the inside of a roll of paper towels or wrapping paper. You might want to wrap some acid free tissue paper around the tube first, then roll up the apron and cover the apron with another layer of tissue or a clean pillowcase to keep light and dust off the apron. I have to give credit for this tip to my late mother who probably got it from Heloise! Thanks Mom!
- One other thing I must mention, is that cats LOVE strings! My cats go NUTS when they see any type of string, and it amazes me to see how amazed and amused a cat gets over something as silly as a darn string....amazing! Make sure Fluffy is not even in the room while you are handling an apron, or else the apron strings will become a toy, and your cat will shred the strings with its claws or practice dental hygiene by flossing its teeth with the strings! Yuck!!!
WARNING: Any type of string can be harmful and even fatal to an infant, toddler, bed-confined adult or to an animal, so please do not leave an infant, toddler, bed-confined adult or an animal unattended with any type of string! Thanks!
- Click Here to Learn How to Wash Vintage Clothing and Aprons
- This site gives instructions on how to wash vintage clothing in general, but these instructions can also be applied to vintage aprons.
One thing I would like to add to their instructions is to NEVER allow any vintage garment to soak in water! The dye in vintage fabrics will bleed all over the place and leave your garment looking faded, or worse, with streaks and spots!
Items to Help with Washing Your Vintage Aprons
New Kitchen / BBQ Aprons with Retro-Inspired Art
Art by Retro Loco! (tm)
I've Been Naughty BBQ Apron
Have you been naughty or nice? This fun & unique design features colors in red, green, black and white with retro fonts. Reminiscent of an antique advertising sign with a little atomic flare. Fun apron to wear while making those Christmas cookies and fruitcake.
Price: 21.99 
Retro Christmas BBQ Apron
A hip, retro Christmas design in greenish blue, with white fluffy snowflakes, a Santa Claus hat and letters that look like red and white stripes on candy canes. Nostalgic, fun and colorful. Keeps your clothes clean while preparing Christmas dinner.
Price: 21.99
Mesmerize BBQ Apron
Get funky in the kitchen cooking and baking, or do the hustle over the grill! This bright orange 70s design is full of jive and will keep your clothes clean no matter what dirty deed you must perform!
Price: 21.99
Valentine's Day for Losers BBQ Apron
A funny, pessimistic Anti-Valentine's Day design in retro pink and black. Valentine's Day is for LOSERS. You can spend and woo them all you want, but sooner or later you're gonna get DUMPED!
Price: 21.99
Retro Dots BBQ Apron
Big polka dots in retro shades of orange, teal, avocado green, yellow and maroon. Wear while doing chores, barbecuing, cooking, laundry, gardening and more. Groovy 60's and 70's colors.
Price: 21.99
Books on Collecting Aprons
Yes! There are even BOOKS about vintage aprons!
Books on Sewing Vintage-Syle Aprons
Aprons are really fun and easy to make....and fun to wear!
A Miscellany of Books About Aprons on eBay
Searching eBay for the word, "apron" and choosing the "Books" category will yield all kinds of results. It is fun to see what books show up in this section -- there is something different here almost every day!
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Old and new nostalgic sewing patterns.
Whether you are looking for new sewing patterns to make retro style aprons that look old, or you are searching for old vintage apron patterns that have been lovingly used by somebody's grandmother, you will find loads of great stuff on eBay. Some people even buy and collect the empty envelopes that once held patterns. If you are lucky, you might find a pattern envelope or even the entire pattern from as far back as the 1930s or 1940s, now THOSE would be fun to collect and frame. To weed through the hundreds of apron patterns on eBay, you can get a little more specific in your search for patterns such as: "vintage 50s apron sewing pattern" (without the quotes). Play around with variations of search words such as: 50s, 1950s, fifties, 70's, 1970's, seventies...that sort of thing to see what pops up. Just have fun searching even if you don't plan to buy! Looking at the artwork on the pattern envelopes is half the fun. I know it brings back some fond memories for me, well, not from the 30s, 40s, 50s or 60s, but they do bring back plenty of memories of the groovy 70s, like when my mom used to drag me to the fabric & pattern stores on Saturdays and make me miss those Saturday morning cartoons. eBay is LOADED with fabulous sewing patterns for aprons of all different styles and sizes. Have fun eBaying!
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Most of the patterns in this section are for both men and women, and were made in the sixties or seventies. Occasionally a new pattern will appear.
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These super cute vintage-inspired fabrics that I picked out on eBay would make adorable aprons and accessories for a retro kitchen such as a matching child's apron, curtains, valances, wall hanging, fabric bulletin board and cushions for chairs or barstools (if you're lucky enough to have a kitchen large enough for a table and chairs). I could spend at least a million bucks on retro fabric! Whether I use the fabric or not, I just want it ALL!
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- Sharon's Antiques Vintage Fabrics
- Tons of timeless classics here! Tell your family to fix their own supper tonight, because you are going to be browsing this site for a long time looking at all the wonderful retro fabrics!
- Tonic Living
- TonicLiving.com has a huge assortment of retro fabrics, and their website is easy to navigate. I could spend hours and hours perusing this site and never get bored!
- PS Vintage
- My favorite here is the Cowboy Collection under the Retro Fabrics category. If you are looking for something a little more elegant and less cutesy, take a peek at "Tropicals and Florals" in the Vintage Fabrics category...very pretty.
- Flapper Girl Fabrics
- I love this website! Flapper Girl Fabrics has really cute retro and vintage fabrics. This site has very nice fabrics that are gonna make you want to redecorate your entire home!
Books About Vintage Fabrics
EllynAnne Geisel and The Apron Chronicles
Why I Like Old Aprons
"...I continued to collect aprons and apron stories. As The Apron Lady, the outlet for my collection and stories is Apron Memories, a presentation that provides me the opportunity to interact with audiences garbed in their own aprons (see Appearances). Every day, I receive a letter or email from an apron lover, and I answer each, for as a writer, I know what it is to have a story to share. I am honored to listen." EllynAnne Geisel on The Apron Book
Old kitchen aprons are special to me for several reasons! I love the pretty colors and lively prints on the fabrics that many vintage aprons are made from, and the warm, cozy vision I have in my mind of a gray-haired grandmother (yes, I know, not all grandmothers have gray hair!) sewing the perfect apron from scraps of fabric held together with stitches that might have been made on an old black treadle sewing machine or by hand.I think the main reason I am drawn to these adorable vintage aprons is because of the memories dancing in my mind of my own country grandmother wearing her homemade aprons while she cooked delicious southern style meals while I snooped through her kitchen drawers digging through the piles of aprons she had made. Boy, was I a big help in the kitchen! The wonderful aroma in the air made my tummy growl and made me impatient for supper to be served.
I loved my grandmother dearly, and she was such a sight wearing her frilly kitchen apron, bouffant wig and horn-rimmed glasses!
~Vicki~
Books by EllynAnne Geisel....The Apron Lady
Two great books written by the apron EXPERT!
Apron Chronicles: A Patchwork of American Recollections
Book Description:
Apron Chronicles: A Patchwork of American Recollections is the book that accompanies the must see exhibit that is presently traveling the U.S.A. .Prompted by project writer and apron curator EllynAnne Geisel, the contributors to Apron Chronicles recall a woman who'd worn an apron and what she represented to a family; an event when an apron was worn; recipes; values and traditions from gentler, less complicated times; the bond between parent and child; survival; friendship; opportunity; challenge, and modern perspective. The diverse contributors include a 111-year-old mother and her only child, a Holocaust survivor, a biology professor from Mali, Africa, and a preteen and her grandmother. Their stories explore the people behind the aprons and give life to the fabrics and the exhibit. While writer EllynAnne is honored to be the voice behind the exhibit, photographer Kristina Loggia has preserved the storytellers' images in an environmental style that complements the unadorned honesty of their recollections. Like the oral histories, the portraits' strength is their directness and lack of pretension. With APRON CHRONICLES as the vehicle, collaborators Geisel and Loggia are providing prompts that will readers recalling and sharing their own apron recollections, which unless heard soon, are in peril of disappearing forever.
Amazon Price: (as of 11/21/2009)
The Apron Book: Making, Wearing, and Sharing a Bit of Cloth and Comfort
Editorial Reviews:
NPR's Weekend All Things Considered:
"The Apron Book unfolds like a bolt of fabric%u0160the pattern of a life remembered through a homely object."
Denver Post:
"EllynAnne Geisel has restored dignity to a symbol of domesticity long gone from many kitchens%u2039the apron."
Amazon Price: $11.53 (as of 11/21/2009)
Gina Elise's Pin-Ups for Vets 2009 Calendar and Posters
Please help support hospitalized U.S. veterans and deployed troops.
Gina Elise's "Pin-Ups For Vets" calendar is helping to fund programs that help support our hospitalized veterans. You can order your 2009 calendars and posters now! This colorful calendar features World War II style pin-up girl photographs of Gina that are reminiscent of the cheesecake photos popular during the 1940's. Your purchase of one or more "Pin-Ups For Vets" calendars will benefit hospital programs that help our ill and injured American veterans. If you decide to donate the calendars you purchase, Gina will personally deliver those calendars to the hospitalized vets, and she mails out calendars to deployed troops with your messages of appreciation. Gina and others have put many hours of hard work into this wonderful project, and your help will be greatly appreciated! Please help support our U.S. troops by purchasing one or more "Pin-Ups For Vets" calendars at PinUpsForVets.com.
Studio Floor 13
Humor, Alien Cats, Retro & Weird Digital Art
Studio Floor 13™ is my oddball little art store where I sell weird and retro digital art, humorous designs and holiday art on T-shirts, bumper stickers, BBQ/Kitchen aprons, mugs, coasters, cards, porcelain keepsake ornaments and other great gifts.- Studio Floor 13™
- Alien Cats are mean, scary and funny-looking creatures! Alien Cats are fun presents to give for birthdays and Christmas, especially to kids or to anyone who likes cats, science fiction, aliens or any extraterrestrial life.
- Blondes Aren't Dumb Upside Down License Plate Frames are very popular, and are great gifts for teenage girls in particular or a blonde of any age!
- Retro Loco!™ is a section in my shop that has all my funky retro designs. After I add a bunch of new designs, Retro Loco!™ will be a separate store later this year.
Fun Retro Links
- Retro Loco!™
- Retro Loco!™ is an online store that sells (new) retro kitchen wares, vintage-inspired aprons, dozens of retro cookbooks, music from the 1920's through the 1980's, retro clothing and costumes for men and women, funky clocks and other groovy retro stuff. I hope you will visit Retro Loco!™ and bookmark it so you can visit it again to see all the neat things I have added.
- Retro Junction
- Another fun store with a huge variety of retro things to buy.
- Vintage Clothing Bulletin, Blog for Vintage Clothing, Vintage Lingerie
- "*A multi-user blog for vintage clothing lovers to get together and talk about vintage.
*Vintage clothing buyers are encouraged to share photos and stories of their vintage purchases." - Welcome to Marian's Vintage Vanities Clothing
- Marian's Vintage Vanities Clothing sells vintage clothing, accessories, and fine linens for women, men, and children from 1900-1970 at great prices.
Please Sign My Guestbook
I appreciate everyone who signed my guestbook and for helping me make LOTD!
Please sign my guestbook below to say "hello", share an apron memory or tell me what your favorite apron is on this lens. I hope you are enjoying my Vintage Aprons lens, and that you will visit my other retro lenses soon!
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-Vicki xoxo
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- AppalachianCountry AppalachianCountry May 16, 2009 @ 4:52 pm
- Thank-you for taking us down memory lane. This is a wonderful lens.
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- Saachi Saachi Apr 27, 2009 @ 11:16 pm
- What an interesting lens! I enjoyed it very much and rated it at wonderful 5*.
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- greenko greenko Mar 22, 2009 @ 12:34 pm
- What an interesting and attractive lens! Good job.
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- Czarque Czarque Jan 8, 2009 @ 5:52 am
- Wow - what cute aprons!
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- ArtsyTartsyJewels ArtsyTartsyJewels Dec 22, 2008 @ 6:39 am
- I adore vintage aprons. I may not be the best cook, but at least I'll be looking good while starting a grease fire!
- Candice of Artsy * Tartsy * Jewels
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- Lakota429 Lakota429 Dec 20, 2008 @ 7:56 am
- Great lens! Fun lens! 5 stars!!! Wonderful ideas and terrific info! Thanks!!! Annie~
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- Pixelrage Pixelrage Dec 18, 2008 @ 7:26 pm
- You've really put a lot of work into this, and it looks great! 5* Thanks for stopping by, too!
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- Wysiwigs Wysiwigs Dec 16, 2008 @ 9:18 am
- I absolutely LOVE the vintage aprons; I'm sending you 5* and a link to this page to a friend on Etsy who sells them :o) Great lens!!
Http://www.squidoo.com/ConnieCrankpot
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- Highfeil Highfeil Dec 13, 2008 @ 12:40 pm
- I used to cook all my meals myself and I bought one of these. The designs can be quite enticing. However, I couldn't get on with it. I always felt it was an encumbrance, and it made me hot as well.
I still have it though.
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- adventuresinautism adventuresinautism Dec 7, 2008 @ 11:03 pm
- I Love this Lens! I remember my mom and my grandmother both wearing aprons when I was little. The Christmas aprons took me back right away to the very young memories of my mom wear those pretty Christmas patterns. She used to let me wear her aprons with her when I was helping her around the house. It was so much fun to pick out one of her beautiful freshly ironed aprons, and I felt so pretty. Thanks for bringing back great memories.
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- RETRO LOCO! I'm Nuts for Nostalgia!
A total blast to the past! This lens features retro kitchen tables, clocks, toasters, bread boxes, aprons, table cloths, vintage music, old movie classics, funky clothing, costumes, nostalgic candy and other retro items for purchase. You can watch videos from the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s. You can also download iTunes for only 99 cents from your favorite decade and rent great movie classics.
- RETRO CALENDARS: Nifty Nostalgic Art Calendars, Stationery and Gifts
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This lens has a huge collection of nostalgic cheesecake pin-ups you can buy. Actual vintage calendars from the 1940's and 1950's are for sale here along with reproduction pinup calendar art on new/current calendars along with new calendars with new vintage-inspired pinup art and photography.
Polka Dot Aprons on eBay
A few more aprons never hurt anyone!
Wearing a vintage apron can truly perk up your day while at home doing chores. There is NO reason why housework or cooking should ever become boring or depressing! Put on a frilly apron, put on some old music or your favorite tunes and put on a smile before you start doing your cooking and cleaning, and your chore list will get shorter in no time at all! I like these cute little things so much I had to put some more aprons at the bottom of this lens. I chose polka dot aprons for this last set because they are perky, lively and they make me want to dance...seemed like a good ending to me!
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