This apron, which was old (somebody's grandma's) when I got it at a garage sale, has served me well for many years both in the kitchen and in the garden.
I got to wondering how it would translate into an article of clothing like a vest or tabard.
A cotton canvas material – a shower curtain, actually – (thank you, Tracey) – had the drape and the substance to suit the purpose.
The original apron was used as a template and tweaked here and there; the edges left free;
one-up-one-down pockets added.
The issue of getting it on and then having to adjust the straps 'behind your back', so to speak, was solved by stitching the straps in the optimum position.
I am finding – once again – that an item of clothing, when it has undergone a re-purposing, retains part of its original use, more so, perhaps, in the original form (as in if I had worn the apron as a vest or jumper) but also when mimicked in other fabric.
This intrigues me. I suspect it has to do with energy (what doesn't!).
An 'apron memory' is in this piece of clothing.
A sense of the garden, of the kitchen, of household pleasantries.