National Tie One on Day, an apron of course, is November 24, 2010. EllynAnne Geisel of Apron Memories, http://www.apronmemories.com/, started this giving day tradition the day before Thanksgiving five years ago. She encourages embracing a “giving opportunity that has nothing to do with shopping or even getting into a car, but everything to do with our recognition of gratefulness and our ability to give to someone in need of spiritual or physical sustenance.” EllynAnne goes on to say “Women clad in aprons have traditionally prepared the Thanksgiving meal and it is with in our historical linkage to share our bounty”
This year Haralee.Com is a sponsor for Tie One On Day. http://www.apronmemories.com/tie-one-on-day/
EllynAnne has become the patron saint of the Apron.
She writes about aprons, exhibits aprons, and sews and sells aprons on her web site. Her aprons have become famous with the Desperate Housewives character Bree wearing one, to the recent article in the upcoming AARP magazine.
When I came across the Apron Memories site I was infatuated. My very first sewing project was an apron, and I have loved them and sewing ever since. Just this year for my birthday two friends separately gave me aprons! After I read about EllynAnne’s ‘Tie One On Day’ I knew I had to get the word out. Join me and other apron wearing women spreading thanks the day before Thanksgiving.
2 comments:
Great title - of course I had to read the whole article! This article brought back some great memories of my grandmother. She had grown up very poor in Eastern Europe, and immigrated to the US during WWI. To her an cooking, and of course the ubiquitous apron, symbolized love for her family. I will be sure to Tie One On November 24th!
Making food and home made goodies can be an action of love. Of course it helps if the food is good. Everyone has a memory of some loved one's really bad fudge or pound cake that is accepted and then trashed because did Grand Ma cut the fudge on a cutting board she just cut onions or the same knife! The really bad memories are when the recipe is handed down and then a new generation is making new bad tasty memories!Love and aprons help.
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