bearisgray

I prefer to wear one when I am cooking -an/or eating, for that matter.

If any of you still wear an apron, what style do you prefer/?

After hankies and pillowcases, aprons were what i was 'permitted" to iron next. (Mom, you were sneaky! You made ironing seem like a grown up privilegeI could hardly wait to iron way back then!)

Quiltwoman44

Style, don't know. long, tie at waist, pockets. I bought one some time ago and used it to make myself another one.
I used to watch the Farm House show with a young woman cooking. she wore the cutest aprons. they all had wide waists bands too. Now, they seemed to have stopped her from wearing aprons. What good cook works without an apron on?????

Endora

Traditional homemaker here, so aprons all the way!

Solids, colours, patterns, love them all and always wear one when in the kitchen, even have a favourite apron I wear when doing laundry, because it has a big pocket in the front where I place a couple of handfulls of wooden clothespins when hanging. So handy!

Have both a homemade and store-bought collection of aprons to my name.

When I had little ones in the home I always wore a couple of diaper pins on my apron.

Endora

Yes, my sentiment exactly!

Endora

How I remember when I was first learning how to iron, I ironed my moms dress slacks and tops, my jeans and tops, and my younger siblings things.

Had an aunt that was staunch when it came to ironing pillowcases and bed sheets, she never missed. I tried a few times and after one nights sleep, no noticeable difference was apparent to me, so I gave up on it, but boy, there's nothing quite like pulling down fresh bed sheets off the clothesline and crawling into bed under!

The first nights sleep is heaven.

Tartan

I usually don’t wear an apron but put a tea towel around my waist if baking.

Stitchnripper

I made one for me and one for Mr stitchnripper which we wear when we eat. I cook in mine. They are the kind that have the straps crisscrossed in the back and you put them on over your head

dunster

I don't think I've ever intentionally worn an apron. And ironing was never fun. (I do enjoy pressing fabric for quilting though.)

Onebyone

The women in the family always put on what they called a duster. It was a thin short sleeve house coat. They wore it over their clothes all day. if someone came over or they had to go out the duster came off and they were nicely dressed. I can still see in my mind the pretty dusters hanging on the kitchen door.

Mkotch

My late Dad had Parkinson's and needed bibs for eating. Mom was concerned that bibs were too "sad," making him look handicapped when he was pretty vital up until the very end. So I made him BBQ aprons using sports and other "manly" fabric. He wore them everywhere - to restaurants, fancy dinners, friends' homes - as well as every meal at home. Now I occasionally get them out for me to use with messy meals like tacos, spaghetti, etc. Besides, they are a sweet reminder of a sweet man.