Apron Memories.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: Colorado Cool Stuff

After her kids left the nest in 1999, homemaker Ellyn Anne Geisel decided to do "something different." Her project started as Apron Chronicles, a traveling museum exhibit about the history of "the icon of the homemaker," she said. It has since evolved into a business that makes aprons inspired by vintage designs. Initially inspired by Scarlett O'Hara's drapery-turned-gown in "Gone With the Wind," Geisel recycles vintage fabrics into wearable...