Why is an apron worn

Apron pockets are perfect for stashing rubber gloves, rags or cell phones while your hands are otherwise occupied tidying up. Aprons are for protection! Shop our Home Keeping Aprons. An apron is certainly a laundry room essential these days, though even back in the olden days when laundry was hung on a line they were useful. Women would stash vintage clothes pins in their apron pocket for safe keeping and easy reaching. I will tell myself each time to be careful, but somehow my shirt ends up covered in soapy dishwater.

For this reason I always keep an apron in my kitchen. I love wearing our Railroad Stripe bistro because it covers everything, and the material is so sturdy keeping the water off of your clothes. Shop our Best Hostess Aprons. I love putting on a durable apron such as this olive crossback apron before I go outside to work in my garden.

I really have to start wearing mine again. Thank you, my friend, for opening my eyes to aprons being my cape!! I love that and will no wear them proudly!! BTW — ordered 2 of the aprons you mentioned in your post. One for me, one for a friend! Love this post which inspires us all to be the domestics we were called to be.

Why not be stylish while we lovingly toil for our family? Thanks for sharing! I have several aprons: one I made for my mom when I was in grade school, one my grandmother wore, one my dear daughter in law gave me and one embroidered with the emblem of my high school. This post inspires me to get them out , hang them up in sight, and to wear them more often.

Yvonne, what a sweet post! When I was younger I shunned aprons and consequently ruined a few tops with my splatters. I know better now. I was amused reading even when we are lazy we should wear an apron!

Very funny! Ha, Sue! Thanks for the memory! Brought back good memories of my grandmother shooing away the flies with hers. Oh, Yvonne! You are so entertaining. It brought back sweet memories of my mom. She always donned her apron first thing in the morning and as soon as she returned home. She was quick to whip it off when company came to the door.

Aprons are the best! Like so many readers commented, I also remember women in my family wearing aprons. Just came across the pattern yesterday while going through a long-forgotten box of memorabilia.

Remember that old custom? What fun! And there are patterns available for lots of different types. Start sewing!!!

Thank you for reminding me of good memories of my grandmother wearing aprons. That gingham apron by Debbie of Debbie Dos is so cute. I think her husband came up with that saying about working by the flour. I have always loved and admired the plate and hooks area where you hang your aprons. They also remind me of my mom. She wore one all the time. They bring back such great memories of her!

Her apron carried vegetables from the garden, eggs from the hen house, baby animals who were sick and needed nursing by the stove, blackberries for pies, and flowers for the table. Precious memories. I started wearing my aprons again just a couple of years ago and my teenage granddaughters thought they were fantastic. I gave them each two for Christmas and they were thrilled. Maybe a new generation will embrace them and make beautiful memories to cherish too. And, yes, I wear my apron, but now I feel so empowered!

Thank you for elevating the status of the apron-wearing woman! I had stained clothes with fruit splatters from cutting up fruit, grease which usually Dawn will take out but still and also from cleaning my sink using a cleanser with bleach in it. So enter using an apron! I have a bunch of aprons my favorites being Jessie Steele. So many cute patterns! I need to wear them more often than I do, especially after reading your great reasons!

Love your blog so much. My daughter has a wonderful collection she began herself. I have sewn many over the years as gifts to friends. I love the plates with hooks. Did you make this or is it available somewhere. A beautiful way to display your aprons. I love aprons! I make them and sell them in my Etsy shop. Being in the kitchen should be fun and pretty so why not wear an apron. Yvonne, I love this post on aprons! I remember my grandmother we called her mom mom always wearing an apron.

I am from a very, very large, happy family of 9 children. Between all of us, my parents have 20 grandchildren, and 16 great grandchildren. I decided to make all the girls sisters, sis-in-laws, nieces, nieces-in-law, and great nieces aprons for Christmas.

I started sewing on December 12, then my mom had a stroke on Dec But I completed 35 aprons in time for Christmas Eve!! Mom is doing well and the aprons were a hit! They were fun to make and even more fun to give!!! Thanks again for your blog and podcasts!

I love aprons and wear them all the time. Thanks for the lovely story of this hard working beloved item I take for granted everyday, but not anymore thanks to you.

I wear house dresses, because they are comfortable and I always get something on me. How ever I do wear aprons, when company comes and I need to look nice. Love aprons glad to hear lots of women do to. I never knew anyone who wore an apron, but I have one.

It is indeed very handy when cooking. Hope they make a big comeback! Some time after my Gramma died I received a precious email about aprons. It was also because it was easier to wash aprons than dresses, and aprons used less material.

But along with that, it served as a potholder for removing hot pans from the oven. From the chicken coop, the apron was used for carrying eggs, fussy chicks, and sometimes half-hatched eggs to be finished in the warming oven. When company came, those aprons were ideal hiding places for shy kids. And when the weather was cold Grandma wrapped it around her arms.

Those big old aprons wiped many a perspiring brow, bent over the hot wood stove. Chips and kindling wood were brought into the kitchen in that apron. From the garden, it carried all sorts of vegetables. After the peas had been shelled, it carried out the hulls. In the fall, the apron was used to bring in apples that had fallen from the trees.

When unexpected company drove up the road, it was surprising how much furniture that old apron could dust in a matter of seconds. When dinner was ready, Grandma walked out onto the porch, waved her apron, and the men folk knew it was time to come in from the fields to dinner. I think aprons are a great idea. I have not gotten into the habit of wearing an apron, although I should. I think if I had a place to hang them in my kitchen, I might grab it and put it on more often.

Also, having an attractive apron might encourage me too. Thanks for sharing your reasons for wearing an apron. Great post! In the photo of the five aprons, can you tell me about the two on the left, the blue florals? My own favorite is a brown and black leopard print. I feel stylish when I wear it! It is almost waterproof, because I think it was designed for a hair stylist, but it works very well in the kitchen! Perhaps if I hung it on a hook near where I use it, I might wear it even more often!

You helped me get over the way I was thinking about an apron, I always thought of them for all the old grammys, now I realize I want to be one of those grammys and let my grandchildren cry and wipe their dirty hands on my apron that I just bought and love but always forget to put on!!!

Thanks for the insite. I grew up with women who wore aprons. The needed them! Most of them also gardened. Along with protecting clothes from cooking splashes and spills, aprons are also handy for quick runs to the garden to gather tomatoes, green beans, corn or herbs.

The gathered skirt of an apron, held in the left hand, holds vegetables while the right hand gathers them. For years, my mother kept me supplied. Periodically, I would receive a home-sewed apron for Christmas or my birthday.

I need to find a good pattern, some pretty fabric, and sew my own. I probably also ought to pass on the tradition and begin to make them for my daughter and granddaughter. I have a collection of them and they each bring out a meaning to me. Keeps the stains out of our clothes and looks good at the same time!!! Thank you for the post!!! Oh my!! I love aprons too!!! And thank you for giving all those sweet reasons an apron is so precious!

I have a few and live wearing them! I have been learning the art of traditional rug hooking and even wear an apron to keep all the wool fuzz from clinging to clothes! Makes for great collection too! Love this blog! Fun blog! Wow, lots of apron fans out there. Reminds me of my Mom too. I have several aprons and enjoy when my granddaughter and I bake together and put on our aprons.

Oh the memories! My Great-Grandmother was old school and made all her clothes. Every dress always had an apron made of the same material. I never saw her in the daytime without her dress and matching apron. Would be wonderful to see her again… Sadly, her aprons were all gone by the time I became a wife and cook. I buy the inexpensive, yet sturdy fabric, aprons from discount stores.

Then I gussy them up with embroidery or cute fabric. Luv my aprons. None of my friends wear them. I wear an apron with a big pocket when I sell items at a Christmas bazaar and when ever I have a yard sale to keep the money handy and safe.

The reasons you listed for wearing an apron are spot on! I also wear an apron because they remind me of my Grandmothers and Mom. Love, Love, Love aprons my grandmother gave me my first apron when I was a little girl and I was hooked.

I can still see my grandmother wearing her apron working in the kitchen or in her garden. I have a large collections, in fact the apron you have above I purchased last year for myself and order two more as gifts. My apron would be the first thing I put on when I came home from work and yes I do wear my pearls with my apron. I have so many aprons my mother made me, I thought I would never wear. But you have inspired me to dig mine out. I love aprons with big pockets, to put every thing in that I pick up while cleaning… And bring up the bottom to use as a pouch, load eggs from the chickens and dirty laundry.

My home made basket I call it…Thank You. I love my aprons! There is quite a collection of aprons in the drawer and I love to wear them as my mom and both grandmothers did. Grandma also donned a bonnet when she went outdoors.

I thought all grandmothers wore bonnets. I love aprons, my grandma used to wear an apron. The one that was my grandmother i gave to my daughter who loves to wear them also.. I was proud of it!. I have plans to make some for our Seasonal Bazaar at church. And Lois has inspired me to make one to start with! Off to cut out some fabric! I too live in an apron the moment I get in the door.

I wear it for several of the same reasons you mentioned but esp to keep my clothes from wearing the food splatters. I wrap the tie around may waste and usually have a flour sack towel hanging from the tie. I use it to carry produce from the extra garage refrig. I have been known to forget to take it off when dashing out the door. I also wear one when out gardening for several of the same reasons as I am often wiping my hands on it and carrying produce or weeds.

Of course I have my favorites that need mending and are stained. Thanks for the post, I loved it. Thanks so much for this post, bringing fond memories of my mom and grandmother, who always wore aprons. I love your apron hooks with the plates!

Is it something I could make? What a great post! I always wear one when I cook. What a sweet post Yvonne and I always enjoy looking at the aprons you have hanging when you post any photos of your kitchen.

Much better than the plain ole hook I have. Aprons do more than save your clothes! I love this sweet post! I just found a drawer full of my Mom-in-loves aprons. Many of them have hand painted designs by her. I love the periwinkle flower print you have hanging on your apron hook. Such a fun post. Me not so much. Maybe I need to put an apron on when I get up in the morning and the cooking days will come back.

If my husband reads your post he would probably go out and buy me some. Sadly, I was the only one of my cousins who wanted them. My 19 year old daughter likes them too. Hi Yvonne, I love aprons!!! I have several aprons but I keep them put away. I need to get them out and wear them!! Love your site,its one of my favorites!!!

Oh, the memories of an apron. My dear sweet Mama!! I wish I had one of hers. I have several and love your message here. Pure joy. Thank you Yvonne. I have collected aprons for years.

Many of my friends, knowing my apron fetish, have brought back aprons for me when they travel, so I have aprons from all over the world. I place their names in indelible ink on the back side of the apron so I can remember who gave me which apron and I love putting them on and thinking of the generosity and thoughtfulness of my friends. An apron makes me feel like I can do things better!! Never thought of it that way.

My goodness where is that apron gone? My friend and I have spent many a Christmas season baking cookies together. This year I brought her a gift of an apron. We always bring a hostess gift. This year she surprised me with a home sewn apron.

What a wonderful gift! I wear it quite often. Most of my favorite aprons have been home stitched and I have to choose which one I want to wear for each occasion.

For cooking in the morning its the dark green one my friend gave me. I have others that friends and family have given me and they all hold special meaning to me. Most of us remember our grandmothers wearing them in simpler times and when you think of it, it really is such a sensible and practical idea.

Clever women our grannies and i especially like how our capes turn us into superwomen; I predict an apron comeback. Habits I continue to this day.

She has all kinds of ideas for aprons in multiple styles and uses. Thanks for a heart-warming look at a favorite possession. Hi Susan, thanks for the tip! I just got a denim apron to use in the garden. My old denim apron is so threadbare you can see through it!

Putting on my various aprons always make me think of home. Strange how an aprons become so personable — once on they seem to come alive…speaking to us and helping us to relive wonderful memories. How I love aprons, new aprons, old aprons, ones that were my grandmothers that my daughter now heads for when she comes home and we cook together. Aprons are grace and live and all the good pulled together in a simple piece of fabric.

I love aprons also. I like the way you have them hanging from the plates. I would love to know how you did the hook plates. As I hostesses many tea parties I always wore a pretty battenburg lace apron.

I remember both my grandmas always wearing an apron and my mother always wore one when she was in the kitchen. And I am following tradition as I usually have an apron on in the kitchen. Just as I remember the smell of molasses or sugar cookies as I think of my grandma in her apron, so I want my grandchildren to see an apron and think of strawberry jam, fudge and pepperoni rolls…and me. Prevents from risk of getting infected When we have food outside there is a risk of getting infected and suffering from serious illnesses, however this risk is not only confined to eating food from outside, the risk is equally applicable to home cooked food as well.

Avoid getting messy The kitchen tends to get dirty with all the cooking, occasional spills, oil spatters, water from washing vessels, it can all get on your clothes, some stains can also get stubborn. Encourage children to wear apron Teach your children to wear an apron while helping you out in the kitchen as they may also get messy.

By admin October 31st, News 0 Comments. About the Author: admin. Related Posts. Leave A Comment. The Bronze Age Minoan civilisation of ancient Crete had a fertility goddess which is said to have worn one. Ancient Egyptian pharaohs and Assyrian priests are also thought to have had aprons.

It was the Middle Ages when the apron first became a domestic symbol, and was associated mostly with homemakers, workers, and also artists. Certain trades started wearing distinctive aprons to showcase their profession. Bakers had the checkered ones while cobblers chose black ones to prevent the black wax they used on shoes from ruining their clothes. Aprons were first considered fashion items in the 16th century but in the years following they symbolised an array of ideas.

This included a cultural icon, a symbol of entrapment and sexism, and a stylish accessory which promotes health and nutrition. After the Second World War, the apron represented an intact family: something everyone was yearning for. Yet it quickly came to symbolise the domestic goddess and stay-at-home mum, which those fighting for equality lashed out against.

In modern times the apron is a fashion item, an expression of personality, a representation of healthy eating, and a vintage buy.