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

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List Price: $16.95
Best Price: $6.50 (new), $6.74 (used), $16.95 (collectible)
Availability: New (35), Used (16), Collectible (2)
Author: EllynAnne Geisel
ISBN: 0740761811
Number of Pages: 152
Publication Date: 2006-09-05
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Book 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 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.

Customer Reviews (46 total reviews)

Good history lesson
by Customer A3BPOBOSJ0ZDJM at June 22nd, 2008
I decided I was going to make aprons for my female family and friends for Christmas and ordered ... (read more)

The Apron Book
by Customer A2L3VMOKVZ4Y49 at June 12th, 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
by Customer A38J1ZUZ8N4I2O at June 05th, 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
by Customer A15LK8DSFQZZ52 at May 09th, 2008
I had to make an apron in Home Ec class many (many) years ago. I didn't enjoy it at all. I didn't ... (read more)

A darling coffee table book.
by Customer A1OM59JGVNY2JQ at April 28th, 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.

Something for everyboday
by Customer A1ND0D86J8FIMT at March 06th, 2008
I looked at this book for the first time at the bookstore yesterday. It has a few how-tos, many neat interviews, stories of all kinds, history. . . it really has something for everyone. Great inspiration.

Childhood memories
by Customer A2OVKI4Z6Y7BXN at January 14th, 2008
I remember my grandmother and my mother wearing aprons especially when they cooked. They bring a ... (read more)

a fun apron book for apron lovers
by Customer AEJ810Z0PZD9H at January 12th, 2008
If you like aprons, or have a thing for them like I do, then you'll enjoy this book. the pictures are fun and the projects pretty doable if you know the basics of sewing. I've got a couple good ideas from it.

aprons are in
by Customer A30MZTTFXOG5FI at January 07th, 2008
I like this book. I already made my first apron using it (really pretty) and plan to make others. That being said, I gave it a 4 because it is more a rememberance book with many aprons from her collection. Not that that's bad. I can make aprons by looking at the photos but most people from the post boomer generation would not know how.

Good gift
by Customer A35YAXH6WGMCFD at December 31st, 2007
I saw this advertised in a magazine last year and bought it a part of a Christmas gift for my ... (read more)