Her vintage apron patterns – she uses two – came from her Irish grandmother, Ellen (McCabe) Melanson, and from an apron Brown’s sister once sent. She took them apart to have a pattern to ...

Gallagher curated an apron exhibit at the Newton, Mass., Free Library in March, and in it cited a 1953 sewing manual with patterns for 41 aprons including the mend-while-you-iron apron, the hair ...

Reversible aprons were introduced, as were patterns which matched placemats or tablecloths. Felt versions echoed the era's flared skirts. Smocking was in, as were pleats.

How an old apron pattern helped these strangers heal This is the story of how a vintage apron pattern, ordered from the Toronto Star in 1943, stitches together the history of two strangers.

Sara Kujak of La Crosse started her Not Your Mother’s Apron business in 2006 after her third child shredded the vintage apron she had purchased at a rummage sale.