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Why? Well for starters, I love to cook and I think the kitchen is as good a place as any to look fabulous. Sharing this with my friends and family just seemed appropriate. But the bigger reason is it felt so sentimental to my family history. Back in the 40s when my great-grandpa died, my great-grandmother took on her own entrepreneurial spirit to provide for her household and sewed aprons to sell. She went to downtown Chicago and bought as much fabric as she could carry for her custom orders. She would get up at 5am to do her housework, get kids to school, then would sit at her sewing machine and do what she needed to provide for her family. I have always been inspired by this story and the entrepreneurial spirit my great-grandma had. I couldn't help but think that my Grandma Gifford was smiling as I sewed my very own set of aprons.
3/4 yard duck cloth (or if you buy 2 yards, you can cut about three aprons)
2 1/2-3 yards thick ribbon for the waist tie
2 yards for the trim
matching thread
sewing machine
scissors