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What does she want to do while wearing it? Cook, garden, woodwork, metalwork, weld?

NAYY For cooking I would go for a simple no pocket one that hangs around the neck and ties behind the waist. Quilt weight fabric is fine - keeps the flour and splashes off clothes quite OK.

Gardening & woodwork I would recommend a wide deepish pocket with a couple of divisions for keeping hand tools in. Make of a home-dec weight material.

Metalwork - no pockets as they can catch hot swarf too easily. Again home-dec weight fabric or leather if for welding.

Lizzy

I like wearing aprons. I like just a basic one:

I think the pattern I use is an old McCall's one that is similar. Nice thing about the style is dh (or anyone else in the kitchen) can wear one of these.

HTH, Taria

I always wear a bib type apron whenever I am moved to tackle a household chore! That would be style B on the pattern picture. I do always like to have a tissue about my person, so I would put a pocket on mine - I put a square pocket on just one side (I find the ones that go right across get out of shape). Also, I have used ordinary cotton and doubled it (just folded). I folded in all raw edges about a half to a quarter of an inch and topstitched all around. I even top-stitched over the folded edge (bottom edge) so that it all looked the same. I used fairly heavy tape for straps and ties (I am quite hard on my aprons). Ruffles etc are a nuisance. I did make a pretty from-the-waist-only one once, when I had to be continuing cooking when visitors arrived. That had matching fabric ties rather than tape ties. Your sister is quite right, they are expensive to buy. Those vinyl covered are even more expensive, but great for wet and messy work. (You can get that stuff in the guise of table covering! - by the yard). Your sister and I must have been to the same cookery school. I can use many utensils to boil an egg! . In message , Polly Esther writes

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Well, since you asked----Dh and I volunteer to be cooks & servers at the park dinners (where we live during the winter months.) One lady was showing off an apron here DIL made. It was square and double sided like a quilt block. One side was autumn and the other side was Christmas. Set it on point and add the ties at the waist. Turn down the point up at the neck to face forward and tack it. It was beautiful! HTH Barbara in Florida where it is finally warm again

My favorite apron is something like view C on McCalls pattern M5551 but with only one pocket. or / Mine has the neckband and ties all in one long piece strung through a casing on the sides of the "bib" part. That way it goes over the head easily but is adjustable to fit snugly against the body. I also have a purchased one that has "D-rings" on the neck strap to adjust it; that works well too. My little granddaughter wore it for Christmas dinner -- with the D-rings, we could snug it up nicely to protect her pretty dress.

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Forgot to say that you also add a loop to go around the neck! Barbara

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Polly, two years ago I made aprons for all the ladies in our family for Christmas. The pattern is a retro one called Blue Plate. It's lined and so easy to make, you can do it in an hour or so. I added pockets to mine. I bet I've made at least 20 of them. They are DARLING and everyone raved over them and still talk about them. Here is a link to what they look like.

work up cute in retro fabric but I've used all patterns and theyare equally cute. Donna

Polly,

I have a favorite that is just the bottom gathered on a waist band. The top is a quilt square fastened on with snaps at the waist. Dressy or practical whichever way it is worn. Mine happens to have Cathedral Window Block at the top with neck ties. Anna Belle

Polly, I have a roll of Heat & Bond vinyl (it's very flexible but not drape-y- more like the clear shelf liner vinyl) that I bought ages ago and will never use. Would you like to have it to reinforce the apron and make it truly stain-proof? I don't know anything about it other than it's an iron-on product so it would most certainly stand up to heat.

And I don't do aprons. When I go on a baking frenzy for church or a bake sale (or making caramels) I simply wear old clothes that can't be harmed by massive smears of Crisco! That's butter-flavored Crisco, of course! ;-)

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

I thank you but don't think so, Leslie. Sister is in Florida and I would imagine any sort of vinyl / plastic / lined or even home dec weight would be kind of hot. Maybe. I asked her to send me a picture of her wearing her favorite apron. That should give me some clues. Polly

Polly: A long time ago I made a batch of aprons for relatives. No need to buy patterns. An easy way it is to use a 'pillow panel' for the bib, with coordinating prints for the skirt, waist band, pockets and ties. For a large woman, I made the panel wider by adding borders, for a tiny woman, I used it plain. HTH. Pat in VA/USA

A while back I made myself a hakama, which is a divided, pleated sirt, and keiko-gi for kendo

There was some material left over, and one of the things that I did with it was use this pattern: to make myself an apron. I made the ties a little longer than the pattern says so I could tie it in the front rather than the back. The material is faily heavy weight denim, but it was on sale, so the material was not that costly, and with the other materials, probably cost less than $10, and would probably even be less if you got some material from the remnants table. I looked on amazon, and there are aprons ranging from less than $10 up to about $30 . I guess my point is that I don't see any real reason why a cooking apron has to be expensive.

Brian Christiansen.

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Hmmmm. Very interesting. There's some nice light-weight denim here. I wonder if it would just forever weep dye. I guess I could get a scrap soaking wet, put it on a white towel and see what happens. My thinking (if any) is that a denim apron could get splattered with something wet and stain the clothing beneath it. It surely would be a good choice for sturdy. Polly

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Ah, Pat. I really like the idea of using a panel. Maybe I'll go see what's available. Maybe I'll spend too much money. It will all be your fault. Polly

Well, this was fairly heavyweight denim that I used. As for weeping dye, this particular one never has, but if you are concerned about that, there is always white denim.

Brian Christiansen