Website Updates!

Women’s Plus size aprons and Men’s big and tall aprons in predefined style and fabric is now available for your convenience.  Just choose your size and for some styles, select the pocket style that you prefer or there may be a color option and then proceed to check out.   To get started click here Made to Order Aprons

 

I’m still adding these selections as time permits so if you do not find what you want, either select your own style and fabric by clicking here Pick your Fabric Aprons and Fabric for Your Custom Apron  or visit my etsy store

New No Tie Apron for Light Weight Fabric

I finally created a Plus Size No Tie apron that can be made out of cute fabric!  I've been struggling with this concept for awhile and I think I've finally achieve something that is really cute! 

If you are interested in this apron made out of different fabric the following link will take you to my etsy listing. 

No Tie Apron for Light Weight Fabric

It will be up at my website in a few days www.timelessaprons.com/

Gypsy - Newest Plus Size Apron Style

Here is my newest apron style!  "Gypsy"  Another One Size fit's all, crossback style with a halter top.  Perfect for the full figure woman.  Three tiers of ruffles, too!  Most of the ones I make from this style will be One of a Kind, using up my left over and vintage fabrics, which I have tons of!

Shown on a 2X dress form.



 

Shown on a 4X dress Form

 

 

To see this apron on etsy, Click Here

 

 

I will eventually list it on my website so that you can choice your own fabrics, if you can't wait, please visit my website www.timelessaprons.com and send me a message from there asking about The Gypsy ...



 



Egg Gathering Apron, Updated

I have exciting news! I’ve created a full style, egg gathering apron and will be offering it in two sizes.

Med to Lg and XL to 2X. Here is a picture of the 2x version. 

 

 

 

This style is really an all around utility apron, perfect for gathering produce from your garden, outdoor yard work or indoor cleaning.  The generous elastic topped, pleated pockets will hold a lot of stuff for you as you work. It is also a bit shorter than a normal kitchen apron, so that it will not interfere when you stoop down or bend over.  The main body of the apron is made from durable sportswear cotton twill and the pockets are lined cotton.  



How To Determine The Fit of An Apron

Aprons are flexible in sizing so generally, it isn’t necessary to get an apron in your exact size.

As you already know, there really are no standard measurements for clothing sizes, each manufacturer and designer may be different than every other manufacturer, for the same size.

Aprons sizes vary even more than clothing.    There are many people that make and sell aprons on the internet and some of them will add longer ties to an apron and call it plus size.  Well this doesn’t take into consideration larger Bust/Chest measurements or length, so without finding out from them what the exact measurements are, you may end up with an apron that doesn’t do its job.

First thing to do is figure out the measurements of how an apron should fit you.  Keep in mind that you normally will have clothes on under the apron, so your measurements should be taken fully dressed.

If you do not have a measuring tape:

1. Walmart, Hobby Lobby and fabric stores all have them and they are usually only a dollar or 2.
2. If you do not want to go out and buy a tape, than use a piece of string or ribbon, and mark it for each of the measurements.  Lay the string flat and with a ruler or yard stick measure each mark.

A.  Length measurement from your shoulder: Typically you don’t need an apron that goes past your knees, but it’s ok if that is what you want. There is no right or wrong, it is totally up to you. If the neck strap is adjustable the length is really going to determine on how you position the neck size.

B.  Bust measurement: Not all of the way around, but the coverage that you need. Typically you only need a measurement that is across your front plus an inch or 2 beyond that. I’ve seen aprons being offered that state that their aprons are fitted in the bust, personally I don’t think this is important because the fit will depend on your bust size, what clothes you have on and what bra you are wearing. If you want a fitted apron, than you should talk to a local seamstress and have them make you a custom apron that will fit you just right.

C.  Waist measurement:   You need two waist measurements.  One that is just the coverage area, generally side to side based on how far around you want the apron.  The 2nd measurement is all of the way around your waist.   Take the tie measurements times 2, plus the Waist band or waist area measurement, subtract your total waist measurement. What is left divide by 2 and result is what you will have left over to tie in a bow.   Here is an example:

Your total waist measurement is 44" and your waist coverage area is 22".  The apron's waist band area is 24" and the ties are each 20".  The aprons total measurement is 20" x 2 = 40" + 24" = 64" - 44" = 20" / 2 = 10".  Each tie will have a 10" length left for your bow.

Now that you know about what the measurements should be for your new apron, you are ready to go shopping.

If the seller doesn’t list the measurements in their listing, than don’t hesitate to email them and ask them the sizes for the apron you are interested in. Measurements will often depend upon the style, so if someone offers several different styles, be sure and specify which one that you want. Please remember that it is time consuming for a seller to spend time with a prospective buyer and than frustrating when the prospective buyer doesn’t even acknowledge the info that was sent to them.

Now that you know the measurements that you are looking for in an apron, visit my Style Catalog and quickly find the style and size that is what you are looking for.  Once you have determined the style that is the best fit for you, visit my Etsy shop TimelessAprons  and have fun shopping.  If you still don't find something that works for you, please email me and include your measurements and I will see if I can help you further.

Don’t Mix Plaids with Polka dots …. Not!

Did you hear that when you were a child and starting to pick out your own clothes? I did and for many years I followed that fashion rule. It was a struggle but I finally shed those outdated fashion do’s and don’ts and have found that I love mixing prints of all kinds.

My favorite part of sewing projects is to see how many prints that I can mix together and still haqve a cohesive and coordinated look.

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall …. a Story of 2 Sisters

The mirror doesn’t lie but often our eyes do deceive us. This post doesn’t have anything to do with aprons but all about our perceptions of ourselves. I need to back up a bit and let you know a little bit about me. I’ve always been large, I was a larger then average child and teen, but was I really fat? It’s hard for me to look back and decide, but yes I was at least somewhat over weight. The reason it is hard for me to know for sure is because I was always considered fat, but the reality is that I am a very large boned woman and I have broad shoulders and I grew up to be what is considered a full figured woman. Right after high school and when I was out on my own for the first time I started to loose weight and then I actually went on a pretty strict diet and was successful but the smallest I could get was 135lbs and a size 12, well if the dress had a stretchy bodice and was sleeveless .. lol .. I couldn’t get smaller then that because my body just wouldn’t let me. I did manage to stay around that weight for a couple of years but as I matured I found that it was easier on me to maintain a weight of about 145 to 155 and I did maintain that size with a few slip ups, for at least a decade or so, but as I’ve gotten older my weight has climbed and we wont discuss the rest of my store because what I really want to talk about is how we perceive ourselves and are we seeing what other people see? Every time I looked in a mirror I still saw myself as being fat, sure at times I realized that I looked pretty good but generally I still saw myself as being fat and over weight.

My sister was just the opposite, she grew up as a pretty typical size for her age and every one told her that she would never be fat. Why she believed them I really have no idea considering that both of our parents and almost all of our grandparents were way over weight. But because she believed what every one told her she never really watched her weight and as she got older she kept gaining more and more weight

One day there was a special event and she had on the most hideous dress for her size, everything about it was wrong, from the high neckline to the cinched in waist. Being a nice sister I didn’t say a word to her about it and luckily she didn’t ask for my opinion. I never learned if someone did say something to her or not but a few weeks after that out of the blue, she said to me that she didn’t have to worry about every being anorexia because every time she looks in a mirror she sees herself as still the skinny girl that she was growing up.

That comment made me think about how we perceive ourselves and how some times our eyes lie to us. I would like to say that after that I stopped seeing a fat girl in the mirror every time I looked, but that would be a lie. I do try really hard to see the truth what ever it may be, whenever I look in my mirror. OK, honestly I avoid mirrors these days. ;)