Somewhere I still have my grandmother's pattern for making those bonnets. She never had skin cancer! I remember going to a big quilting show where a vendor was selling old material. Suddenly I smelled my grandmother and I almost burst into tears. It turned out they were selling flour sacks. The smell I so strongly associated with her was the smell of the flour, which really never left the dresses, aprons, and bonnets she made of those flour sacks. Janet -----Original Message----- From: Ronald & Carla Womack [mailto:carwom@ntws.net] Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 9:54 AM To: TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXWISE-L] Grandma's Apron Hey, am I the only old person on this list? I never knew one grandmother and the other died when I was all of seven years of age. It did bring back memories though as I can remember my mother wearing one. Another thing that mother wore which I guess one would say is outdated today, was a bonnet. Can't say that we still have one of her's but we do have five that belonged to my wife's mother and one of her grandmothers.

----- Original Message ----- From: jhubbard<mailto:jhubbard@mcn.org> To: TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 8:54 PM Subject: RE: [TXWISE-L] Grandma's Apron Somewhere I still have my grandmother's pattern for making those bonnets. She never had skin cancer! I remember going to a big quilting show where a vendor was selling old material. Suddenly I smelled my grandmother and I almost burst into tears. It turned out they were selling flour sacks. The smell I so strongly associated with her was the smell of the flour, which really never left the dresses, aprons, and bonnets she made of those flour sacks. Janet -----Original Message----- From: Ronald & Carla Womack [mailto:carwom@ntws.net] Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 9:54 AM To: TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: [TXWISE-L] Grandma's Apron Hey, am I the only old person on this list? I never knew one grandmother and the other died when I was all of seven years of age. It did bring back memories though as I can remember my mother wearing one. Another thing that mother wore which I guess one would say is outdated today, was a bonnet. Can't say that we still have one of her's but we do have five that belonged to my wife's mother and one of her grandmothers.

My Grandma made me clothes from flour sacks too. And yes she wore an apron and bonnet. She had a garden until she was 93. All these gradma's apron stories have brought back memories of my grandmother. Grandma was a God believing woman, prayers on her knees and loved her family kind of woman. The older I get the more I realize just how much influnce she had on my life. ----- Original Message ----- From: jhubbard<mailto:jhubbard@mcn.org> To: TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 8:54 PM Subject: RE: [TXWISE-L] Grandma's Apron Somewhere I still have my grandmother's pattern for making those bonnets. She never had skin cancer! I remember going to a big quilting show where a vendor was selling old material. Suddenly I smelled my grandmother and I almost burst into tears. It turned out they were selling flour sacks. The smell I so strongly associated with her was the smell of the flour, which really never left the dresses, aprons, and bonnets she made of those flour sacks. Janet -----Original Message----- From: Ronald & Carla Womack [mailto:carwom@ntws.net] Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 9:54 AM To: TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: [TXWISE-L] Grandma's Apron Hey, am I the only old person on this list? I never knew one grandmother and the other died when I was all of seven years of age. It did bring back memories though as I can remember my mother wearing one. Another thing that mother wore which I guess one would say is outdated today, was a bonnet. Can't say that we still have one of her's but we do have five that belonged to my wife's mother and one of her grandmothers.