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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
Buy New: $9.98
You Save: $6.97 (41%)
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Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 20266
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 152
Number Of Items: 1
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
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Brand new item. Over 4 million customers served. Order now. Selling online since 1995. Order with confidence. Code: B20090105231050T
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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 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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Apron Book January 6, 2009
M. Long (Coldspring, Tx 77331)
This book is colorful, interesting and practical. I used the pattern included to make an apron for my friend to whom I gave both the book and the apron as hostess gifts.
Cute book, fun December 21, 2008
H
This book would make a fun gift. It's got a lot of old aprons in it, patterns, info. I loved the photos of old aprons, and fabrics. It's really well done.
Tie One On! November 18, 2008
Gola Lampton (Jacksonville, FL)
Our quilting guild put on a program on vintage aprons. Members brought in their aprons and shared their memories. We used many of the quotes and sayings from the book, The Apron Book, giving credit of course. We included the tips for caring for vintage aprons--not unlike caring for vintage quilts!
The program was warmly received. So many members had happy memories about aprons. We also shared some contemporary aprons some of us had made more recently.
 Good history lesson June 22, 2008
Grammy in TN (TN)
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
Grace Brown (Spokane, WA. USA)
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!
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