does anyone use an apron when cleaning and cooking

louise_P_2

I wear an apron to do the cooking and cleaning without fail.
I have worn an apron right from being a child my mother always wore an apron to do the housework and if me and my brother were off school and at home my mother always put us in an apron and got us helping out around the house.
Mum always used and still does use pvc coated aprons as do I. My favourite is an pvc apron with scenes from the Norfolk Broads on it. Mum had a collection of pvc aprons which she has handed on to me. My husband even wears one when it is his turn to cook or clean.

Ninja79

lillibet_dripping wrote: »

not PVC though, yuk!

Why not ?

Ninja79

andy1968 wrote: »

Yeh, I understand what you are saying but the pvc apron which I normally wear is part of my work uniform, we have choice whether to wear the pvc apron or a nylon tabbard, I prefer the apron. Putting a disposalable apron on top just saves me the trouble of wiping down my apron after I have been carrying out a perm or colour.

Why not negotiate with your employer to lose the first apron? It just seems... odd to be aproned and then aproned again.

Ninja79

Semi off-topic, but relevent maybe:

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jinny

This site is hilarious!
loving the Stepford bow advice and how to please your man.

Olliebeak

lillibet_dripping wrote: »

Morning all!:j
I teach cookery in a junior school and in September my year 4 children will be studying WWII and cooking from the wartime cookery books.
I would love to enter into the spirit of this exercise and wear one of those crossover, floral aprony-things that you always see in the old photographs. (I draw the line at the curlers and headscarf though:rotfl:)
Anyone got any ideas where I can get one from or better still, a pattern to make one?

EDITED TO ADD: I have loads of aprons at home - butchers stripe, Cath Kidston, MasterChef (I was a semi-finalist some years ago now!) - not PVC though, yuk!

lillibet - is there anything on this site that would perhaps help?

http://tipnut.com/56-free-apron-patterns-you-can-make/

purpleivy

Ninja79 wrote: »

Why not ?

Cos anything wet just runs down and you get wet feet, that's why not!

andy1968

Ninja79 wrote: »

Why not negotiate with your employer to lose the first apron? It just seems... odd to be aproned and then aproned again.

I am sure if I asked about not wearing my first apron my employers would just say "yes you can wear the tabbard instead". Personally I would rather wear a nice clean looking PVC apron than a frumpy looking old fashioned nylon tabbard.
To be honnest I don't mind wearing a PVC apron for work and it is my choice to be aproned again with a diposable apron. As I said before the only time it is compulsary to wear a disposable apron is when we are carrying out an ear piercing procedure.

Ninja79

andy1968 wrote: »

I am sure if I asked about not wearing my first apron my employers would just say "yes you can wear the tabbard instead". Personally I would rather wear a nice clean looking PVC apron than a frumpy looking old fashioned nylon tabbard.
To be honnest I don't mind wearing a PVC apron for work and it is my choice to be aproned again with a diposable apron. As I said before the only time it is compulsary to wear a disposable apron is when we are carrying out an ear piercing procedure.

Are they perhaps being unreasonable, then?

louise_P_2

purpleivy wrote: »

Cos anything wet just runs down and you get wet feet, that's why not!

I think it is better for the wet to run off the pinny rather than soak through and ruin you clothes underneath.
For me PVC pinnies rule, the only draw back is that they are bit too warm and sweaty in the hot summer months but they are very practical.