Do you wear an apron?
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (339581)
Rockingham, Australia
November 9, 2017 2:30am CST
My mother always wore an apron. We lived on a farm and the apron helped preserve her clothes. The apron was also very handy in many other ways. She might gather the corners up and use it as a receptacle for eggs or fruit or she might put a clutch of chickens in her apron, put their mother under one arm and carry the lot to a new enclosure.
She might have wiped the udder of the milking cow with it or the milk-smeared chin of a bottle-fed pet lamb. There was no end to its many uses when outside the house and of course it also earned its keep when cooking. Each week there would be at least several aprons in the wash.
Vince has several cooking aprons. Mostly he wears a green-and-white striped one like a butcher’s apron. The one in the photo has a patchwork gardener on the front and some vegetables along the base on the two pockets. So, do you wear an apron?
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
9 Nov 17
I often wear an apron in the house. It's a handy place to keep my cellphone...I don't like pockets in my clothing.
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@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
9 Nov 17
@JudyEv pockets often add bumps... I've been known to sew the pockets closed. Cellphones are changing my view of pockets. Now I'm finding them a necessary evil..
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
9 Nov 17
I wear an apron while at work so I don't get my clothing soiled by whatever I am cleaning. Bleach has stained many of my shirts and pants. So I'd rather wear an apron to get stained.
I do wear an apron at home while I am baking/cooking too.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
10 Nov 17
@JudyEv I have to either make myself a few more or find a few to purchase.
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@JudyEv (339581)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Nov 17
@ElusiveButterfly I made some from gingham once and then cross-stitched varying designs on them.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
9 Nov 17
I do wear an apron, I have a dozen of them in my "studio" and I wear them to keep paint off my clothes. It is important to keep my pants clean while painting. I also wear ratty old and paint covered sweatshirts because I have a tend to wipe my brushes on my sleeves. I will go take a photo of one of my aprons and sweat shirts so you can get the big picture... I never wear one while cooking and neither does my husband.... I can't tell you how many pants have been turned into painting clothes because of oops...
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
9 Nov 17
@JudyEv I do have some aprons for the kitchen but they are worn only when we have “good” clothes on and that is rare.
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Vin used to cook without an apron but after a bit of scolding through getting stains on clothing that I couldn't get out he decided to start wearing an apron.
@UploderLega (115)
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10 Nov 17
I would give you several points if this were an apron contest.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
9 Nov 17
I dont wear one at home when i cook but i do have one that i use at work sometimes.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
9 Nov 17
@JudyEv Nice. A lot of women use to wear them back in the day. I remember my mom and grandmother always wearing aprons when I was younger.
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@Daelii (5619)
• United States
9 Nov 17
Nope, I don't. My kids generally do when cooking since they get all into it. I have found a few vintage patterns to make them and have been doing so. I made one in a Christmas pattern / print into a gift wrapping apron so it can hold the bows, tape, scissors, etc and not lose all those things on the bed when wrapping this year!
@m_audrey6788 (58472)
• Germany
9 Nov 17
Sometimes, Yes 
It depends on what I`m preparing but most of the time I use apron in grilling 
It depends on what I`m preparing but most of the time I use apron in grilling 7 people like this
@UploderLega (115)
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10 Nov 17
How I love the grill and especially being a man we like to cook hamburgers.
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
9 Nov 17
I put on an a around the house skirt rather wear and apron.
I have never liked to wear one ever or those kitchen overall things either.
Besided the dog wripped anything that I did have like that and made mincemeat out of a lot of my clothes too.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
10 Nov 17
@JudyEv
It was his way of being at that time and we had rescued him from cruel callous hands.
I had to rescue the plastic flower pots the other day as he had took them around the garden and trying to bite them again.
I have managed to find a little bouncy ball that I kick around and he can play with it and run off lots of energy and I get to walk and run even if I am a bit lazy to do so.
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@JudyEv (339581)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Nov 17
@lovinangelsinstead21 I can imagine that keeping him busy will help enormously with his psychological problems.
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@allknowing (136105)
• India
9 Nov 17
Loved reading this post about your mother specially that thing about collecting chicks and the hen placed under her arm.
Talking about aprons I do not wear one but have a few for my maid. I just ordered for some online which have a plastic lining - a new find.
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@allknowing (136105)
• India
10 Nov 17
@JudyEv The apron will will not come in contact with the skin and so sweating will not be there.
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@JudyEv (339581)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Nov 17
@allknowing The plastic stops the other materials breathing to a certain degree and It is another layer of clothing whether it is plastic or not so it does have some impact on a hot day.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
9 Nov 17
I never put an apron on - never thought of it until now
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
9 Nov 17
@JudyEv no, jut rarely cook anything with flour or other stuff that sprays around
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@RasmaSandra (79750)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Nov 17
Nope haven't in ages. My mom always wore a half apron and I still have that today. I have a full Christmas apron but it sure has been a long time since I wore it.
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@ChoukseyMK (1045)
• India
9 Nov 17
Without using apron while cooking in kitchen or working in the lab is a skill.
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
9 Nov 17
The only occasion I will wear an apron is when we are entertaining family or friends and I'm cooking a meal. Obviously I have good clothes on in company, so I have to protect them when I go into the kitchen. My grandmother practically lived in hers - it was one of those wrap-around things. Strangely I can't remember if my mother wore one or not.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
9 Nov 17
No, but I should. I could use it when I clean with bleach. I've ruined a few shirts that way.
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@candycanedec (379)
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9 Nov 17
No I do not. I can't seem to find really cute ones and then I dont really make that much of a mess when I cook so didn't see a reason.
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