Do you wear a practical pinny about the house?

I do wear a pinny but only if I’m going to have a morning/afternoon-worth of baking or jam making, otherwise I don’t bother.

Callistemon21

I wear a butcher's style apron when I'm cooking but otherwise no.
Perhaps I should because, if there's anything available to spill, I can spill it.

DH says in astonishment "How did you manage to miss your mouth and get it down you?"

Ha ha Callistemon - MrPG reckons I wear my meals...?‍♀️

I wear a bib apron for cooking and baking.
I tend to wipe my hands in it and I’m a messy cook. I’d rather get grease stains on an apron than on my clothes.

DH just knocks over glasses of red wine, Pantglas! ?

House coats were dressing gowns, at least in the sixties; wrap-around aprons were coveralls, I think.
I am wearing an apron now, preparatory to clearing up the kitchen, a pvc one adorned with the Strawberry Fairy, left over from school art sessions, and I have my much-cherished Cath Kidson one, sadly fraying. Always worn a butcher style apron as i am prone to dropping things down my front.

I only ever put one on when cooking the Christmas dinner, since that’s when I will inevitably splash hot turkey oil/juices over something a bit nicer than what I usually wear. Mind you I often mean to use one when using bleach - that’s how I ruined a very nice linen tunic. ?

I very occasionally pop an apron on if I’m cooking as does my DH but only if we are dressed nicely.
My grandma used to wear one of those blue nylon overalls all the time. This thread has got me really thinking of her now.
When I was young I always wanted a mum who wore an apron and baked. My mum wasn’t like that.
I really should have worn one last night when cooking tomatoes however as I got it on a nice white linen top I was wearing!

We have about 6 aprons, we wear them when cooking cleaning or doing washing/washing up. We take one away in holiday if we are self catering.

My mum always wore a housecoat overall, sort of wrap around dress with ties in cotton. Can still be found in markets and shops in France and Italy, we always brought one back for her.

Yes, always when doing most jobs. DH uses them too; he's the main cook. These are good-sized aprons, usually with pockets. I think we've about 18 aprons in total; rotated in use & changed at least weekly. I love aprons!

Davida... I thought 6 was a lot. My dh also does most if not all of the cooking and always wears one of his.

Don’t possess one, never worn one, and don’t intend to
I always think old person in the old days maybe because one granny always wore one every day I don’t know why as she never went anywhere and she lived with her daughter who did the housework (by choice) I never saw her cook or anything a sweet old lady but always in this overall/ apron

kittylester, me too! The aprons I wear carry a variety of sinister stains ( mostly impossible to shift) which would otherwise adorn my clothes. Eating, however..maybe I should invest in one of those bibs with a scoopy pocket.

Shysal, I am amused by your post, as if you were me (called 'ockard' until the word dyspraxia was discovered) you would know that's not a solution! I would soak through say, an old t-shirt in a few minutes.
I am completely astonished by people who can cook and clean without getting themselves in a mess. I watch excellent cooks do things like fry fish and make sauces, without getting a spot on their nice aprons or clothes!

I wear what I call a 'florists' apron' but when I googled, I couldn't come up with a decent picture. It is a hybrid of the crossover aprons / housecoats described by Jane 43 and a good big apron. I make my own from an old, home-made pattern. It has wide straps that cross over, and covers sides as well as front.

I manage to drop and splash stuff down it whatever I am doing in the kitchen. I always have a clean one on hand for when folk arrive, or I have managed to soak the one I am wearing. If I am going to visit anywhere where I might help in the kitchen, I take a clean one.

I hate being so clumsy (I trip over a lot as well) but over the years have got used to it, and would rather be the clumsy cook in the big apron than not cook (and actually, I'm not a bad cook either!). Over the years I have realised that people who are well, or even averagely co-ordinated really don't 'get' how it feels. In my walking days, I would come back spattered with mud, and look at companions' clean trousers with wonder. My physio niece pointed out how I 'thumped' my feet down because I didn't have the co-ordination to walk smoothly.

Perhaps there is a market out there for really fun, bright, 'designer' pinnies. We hate them because we hate what it represented for our mothers, aunts, etc, and on tv series 'her indoors at the sink'.

But from an environment pov, it would make sense. We all need to learn to adapt to use less water, less electricity. Of course they will need to be washed often, but probably save a lot of day to day washing.

I always connected aprons, large or small (or 'a pinafore'* as my mother would have said) with the elderly.

Something changed after retirement and we now have quite a collection of assorted aprons, large and small. We must be messy cooks as they are frequently covered in gunk.

Another poster made the point that one might as well wash clothing as easily as an apron but..... I can stain an apron and leave it until the next appropriate wash whereas I would have to attend to the stain immediately were it on clothing.

Additionally, some clothing is too delicate to withstand the bashing my machine can give in order to remove stains.

I have recently begun to use a well advertised additive (V***sh) which really does seem to help remove stubborn stains. I was quite impressed and will buy it again - but still need an apron.

If eating with an apron still on, I can quite cheerfully splodge soup on my clothing which peeps out above the top of the apron. In fact, it's almost a given!

*Yes, I know a pinafore offers more coverage/is akin to a dress. As a child we wore pinafores and I remember the ghastly buttons to fumble with - could never quickly button them up.

Cooking or baking if it might be messy, then certainly do.

This has brought back fond memories of my lovely mum who wore her cleaning apron in the morning and changed to her afternoon apron for preparing meals and her posh one (with frills) if we had visitors, ?
I don’t wear one but I should because like Pants I wear my meals.

I am fascinated by this - just as some people don't 'get' how unco-ordinated some of us can be; I don't 'get' why wearing a pinny would be so unacceptable to some.
Love this forum!

PS: Lots of fun designer aprons in lots of sites. These are great: radicalteatowel.co.uk/aprons/

However, none of them are enveloping enough for me!

I wear a pinny when cleaning the cooker or other messy jobs. I thought a pinafore had a bib but an apron was just a small waist garment.
I really should wear a pinny when eating soup or a gravy dinner as I always manage to spill some down my front.

I am also dyspraxia with some loss of vision in one eye following a TIA so empathise with those here who are messy eaters! I don’t own an apron as I usually wear old scruffy clothes in the kitchen but I do tuck the t towel into the neck of my tops when eating to catch the mess. I can then just chuck the t towel in the washing machine until the next wash.

When eating in a restaurant, I tuck the serviette into my top or hold it strategically over my chest. Having big boobs makes me even more likely to drop food on my chest! I’m not bothered about how silly I look or what other might think, I don’t want grease stains on my decent clothes!

Even being careful, I still dropped greasy chunks of lamp down myself the other night, they managed to fall behind the serviette and lodge on my chest! Luckily I was able to remove the marks by using vanish soap as soon as I got home.

Nannarose

Shysal, I am amused by your post, as if you were me (called 'ockard' until the word dyspraxia was discovered) you would know that's not a solution! I would soak through say, an old t-shirt in a few minutes.
I am completely astonished by people who can cook and clean without getting themselves in a mess. I watch excellent cooks do things like fry fish and make sauces, without getting a spot on their nice aprons or clothes!

I wear what I call a 'florists' apron' but when I googled, I couldn't come up with a decent picture. It is a hybrid of the crossover aprons / housecoats described by Jane 43 and a good big apron. I make my own from an old, home-made pattern. It has wide straps that cross over, and covers sides as well as front.

I manage to drop and splash stuff down it whatever I am doing in the kitchen. I always have a clean one on hand for when folk arrive, or I have managed to soak the one I am wearing. If I am going to visit anywhere where I might help in the kitchen, I take a clean one.

I hate being so clumsy (I trip over a lot as well) but over the years have got used to it, and would rather be the clumsy cook in the big apron than not cook (and actually, I'm not a bad cook either!). Over the years I have realised that people who are well, or even averagely co-ordinated really don't 'get' how it feels. In my walking days, I would come back spattered with mud, and look at companions' clean trousers with wonder. My physio niece pointed out how I 'thumped' my feet down because I didn't have the co-ordination to walk smoothly.

Oh Nannarose, your post fits me exactly. I was the 'ham fisted' one in our family. Thought I was stupid until my daughter was diagnosed. Now I not only get messy but I don't always see that there's a spill so it gets spread all over the place. I hate it!

Glad to know that I'm not alone in my apron wearing and yes Fleurpepper I think there's definitely a market for pretty/smart aprons, especially with large pockets. I'm interested in the ones with cross over straps, must have a look for some.

Do you wear a practical pinny about the house?

I'm wondering what an impractical pinny is.
The kind which Yvette Carte-Blanche wore, perhaps?

I have a wipe down one I wear when I bake, which isn’t very often. I have been thinking about getting some cheap overalls to wear when cleaning.

What Kitty said! ?