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In honor of Mother's Day and the importance of their history
Guild member, Jewel Christopherson has shared this fun prose about aprons. Read and smile! (source unknown) "I don't think our kids know what an apron is. The principal use of Grandma's apron was to protect the dress underneath, but along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven. It was wonderful for drying children's tears, and on occasion was even used for cleaning out dirty ears. From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven. When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids. And when the weather was cold, Grandma wrapped it around her arms. Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow while Grandma was bent over the hot wood stove. Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron. From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls. In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees. When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds. When dinner was ready, grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner. It will be a long time before someone invents something that will replace that "old-time apron" that served so many purposes. Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the windowsill to cool. Her granddaughter set theirs on the windowsill to thaw."
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The purpose of this organization is to promote the art of quilt making, to stimulate an interest in quilts, and to provide educational programs and services in quilting to our community. The Konza Prairie Quilters' Guild welcomes all who are interested in quilting. Our members range from beginners to advanced quilters. We offer programming and workshops that feature professional presenters, as well as sessions presented by our own members. You will get to know members with special interests in wool applique, Featherweights, modern quilting, traditional piecework, free-motion quilting, and much more. Visitors are welcome to meet with us on the second Monday morning of each month at 9:00 a.m. in the Utopia Room at St. Thomas More Church. Our annual dues are $40. You are welcome to visit twice before joining. |
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