does anyone use an apron when cleaning and cooking

momoyama

Ladygrim wrote: »

no-one caters for my size. I havent been able to find anything to fit me properly, and I dont have the knowledge/skills to make one myself.

Tell me about it!

Westywoodpecker

Ladygrim wrote: »

Just seen this thread and Id want to say Id LOVE to have a couple of aprons. Trouble is I am a very large lady and no-one caters for my size. So, I have to make do with baggy clothes

I'm a larger lady too, but found that the Good housekeeping free apron a couple of months ago fit me very well. :j I wore it with pride whilst cooking, but my two teenage son's ridiculed me so much that I decided to forget it

Ladygrim

boiler_man wrote: »

How about replacing the ties on a cloth apron with some long ribbon?

jackieglasgow wrote: »

Ikea aprons are very generous, and when Tchibo sell them, you'll find they are good for sizes too! They have a website, and do weekly specials like Aldi and Lidl do. My favourite though, is Ikea. The ones I've bought there have a single strip for the neck and ties which slides right throught, so they are adjustable. I hope that's clear enough? I'm not exactly small, either!

Jackie X

momoyama wrote: »

Tell me about it!

Westywoodpecker wrote: »

I'm a larger lady too, but found that the Good housekeeping free apron a couple of months ago fit me very well.

Thanks for your adivce guys. Trouble is I'd like the material on the apron to fit across my (more than ample) frontage and the neck loop to hold the apron up rather than throttle me every time I stretch up or bend down. And as for the waist ties, something more than a shoestring or two would not go amiss.

Having said that though, I will certainly check out the suggested websites. If unsuccessful, does anyone here with a sewing machine fancy my measurements??

LG

Update: Ikea aprons are not available to buy online -and my nearest store is over 100 miles away
Tchibo doesnt appear to have any aprons on their website - and most of the clothes done come in my size

Looks like Im getting the tape measure out LOL

Gigervamp

I've just found this on ebay. Any good?

HowlinWolf

Ladygrim, if you make your own then you could make the neck loop two seperate pieces of fabric that you then knot together to the correct length you will avoid throttling yourself or have one long strap on one side and a d-loop on the other to fasten it through and shorten accordingly.
I have one with two straps to tie together from a betty's cookery course, it's designed to fit people of many sizes and is absolutely fab.

Ladygrim

HowlinWolf wrote: »

Ladygrim, if you make your own then you could make the neck loop two seperate pieces of fabric that you then knot together to the correct length you will avoid throttling yourself or have one long strap on one side and a d-loop on the other to fasten it through and shorten accordingly.
I have one with two straps to tie together from a betty's cookery course, it's designed to fit people of many sizes and is absolutely fab.

Unfortunately HowlinWolf I am 'craft challenged'. LOL

LG

Ladygrim

Gigervamp wrote: »

I've just found this on ebay. Any good?

Hi Gigervamp,

This looks very interesting. Will check it out and see what else is on offer.

Thanks for looking

LG

OOohhhh, there's a lot on eBay - but they dont put the sizes down. Note to sellers - one size does NOT fit all.

do_it_today!

Hi :hello:
I havent read All of the thread but yes - I have 2 I wear one for cooking and the other one for cleaning - I have to say wearing it does get me in the mood for the task in hand!

helyg

I wear an apron for cooking and washing up, sometimes for cleaning if it's a messy job. I've got a Toby Mott one (you know the designs that repeat the same sentence again and again) which says "I'm not your mother!"

momoyama

Gigervamp wrote: »

I've just found this on ebay. Any good?

Floral? Urgh! Yeah, just what every chap needs.