VTT: Finally, Some Aprons!

Welcome to Vintage Thingies Thursday, where we share photos and information about vintage and antique items. This fun meme is sponsored by Lisa, the Apron Queen. Stop by her site to see the list of all the other participants and visit them, too! Maybe you've got something to share with us next week.
My mother recently brought me a big bag of aprons that she has had in a kitchen drawer since I was a kid. In the last 10 years she doesn't wear an apron unless she is doing a big baking, or making sauce, or something like that, so I asked her for whatever she was willing to give me, just to share with you folks! My niece is modeling them for me, and nope, I didn't iron them!

This first big cover-up apron is a "family heirloom" because it is one of only 5 the family still has from my grandfather's pie shop, which he sold in the early 1960s to Table Talk. It was a huge bakery that provided pies to restaurants, hotels, hospitals, etc. My mother has never made a pie at home in her life, because she can only make 10 at a time, she claims.Growing up, they always had birthday pie instead of cake! The aprons were found in a box in my grandparents' basement when the house was cleaned out about 15 years ago. It is a really thick golden canvas with three big pockets, so it's a great apron for daily use. Because it was used so much, the canvas is really soft and pliable.

This is my favorite of all the aprons she brought me, because of it's great coverage, big pocket, the fact that it will fit anyone, and I LOVE the fabric. It is little white giraffes, in a very mid-1960s graphic style. Red is also one of my favorite colors.

I couldn't share my aprons without showing some with RICK RACK, of course! These were too small for my 10 year-old niece to model properly. They are mine from when I was very small, made by my great-aunt Gertie, she of the house where so many of my vintage items have been scavenged, including the apothecary bottles and the cool, flip-open toaster. Gertie's husband died soon after returning from WWI, they had only been married right before he left. She stayed a widow the rest of her life in the family home, and supported her pension with a tailoring and dressmaking business. Other than the bakery and giraffe aprons, all of my mom's aprons were made by Gertie. I will be sharing the others soon!