A pinafore is like an apron but better. I just love my natural linen pinafore. It has two deep pockets so your iPhone doesn't fall out and doesn't have to mix with your keys.  It wraps around to protect your clothes at the side as well as the front.

Go ahead, dry your hands on it, or pick up the corners to hold things in - apples, laundry, toys. Pocket your hair band or a letter to post so you don't need to remember. You will look competent and artisanal without channelling a crazed Betty Draper.

We wear them all day long. Last week I wore my pinafore under a jacket to the swanky Left Bank restaurant in Larkspur.   Maybe I went too far.

More than a pinny - it's a way of life.
Remodelista Holiday Market '12. Dec. 8, Heath Ceramics, San Francisco
Daiva's six year old daughter Gabriela, has just baked scones ...
Here's Karen from The Art of Doing Stuff - wearing hers and looking good.
In her right hand: a jar of HER OWN maple syrup; in her left: iPhone - in front a full length mirror - click! Karen wins a pinny.
Andrea Sparrow's daughter in her new pinny. Thank you Andrea for sending me this great photo.
Hi Tricia, I love my pinafore. On and away to make sourdough bread! ~ Helen
Most Highly Recommended

This exquisite pinafore arrived in the most timely manner, even with Canadian customs involved....

I opened the package and put it on immediately - and may never take it off!....

Just what I have been seeking for many years for my studio, for my life!.....

Beautiful, comfortable and utterly wonderful with excellent workmanship on gorgeous linen...

I am so grateful for such a wonderful product!

KW British Columbia, Canada
Here is picture of me wearing your amazing pinafore! I also got one for each of the moms for Mother's Day! ~ Christine Kelly
Absolutely beautiful Christine - and made me nostalgic for my enormous old black Peke Taro - he left strange puppy mixes all over our neighbourhood! (it was a long time ago). If you ever get a photo of all three of you wearing your pinafores together please send it! ~ Tricia
Wonderful addition to the Rough Linen line
What a comfy and useful item fashioned in your beautiful natural linen! Also, any clothing item with pockets automatically rates an extra star ( so this should probably be a six star review.)

I'm still debating as to whether or not I should wear this outside the home, which got me thinking---

Tricia, will you be adding some more clothing pieces to your product line? Pretty please?

From Patricia Davenport of Blue Point, New York on 1/17/2013.
Hello Tricia,
I adore my new pinafore! Slipped into it the minute the post mistress placed the box in my hands and have not taken it off!
Thank you thank you thank you!
I am an an artist and I have a feeling every last one of my friends may be writing to you soon!
All best to you!
~ Barbara
Hi Tricia ~ Here are my photos. I love my pinnies! Actually was wearing when it was new as streetwear! Thanks, ~ Barbara Brunch
My granddaughter Josephine just burst into the house helping Papa carry the mail.  Amidst all of it was a package from California.

I tore into the tissue wrapped packages searching frantically for my pinafore.  Of course it was at the bottom of the box.  Tricia you are a linen genius!  The bread bags, the linen sachets, the generous sized towels so cool.  But that pinafore is "the cat's meow".  (No generation since my parents' have coined a better more descriptive phrase.)

I am the messiest cook ever.  Actually messy with about everything I do and I hate aprons that tie when I'm on the move.  You mentioned wearing yours to lunch recently.  If I'm any judge I'm going to need more than one of these.  

Thanks for such a great idea.  Bet it didn't occur to you, but now if I'm wearing my Orkney pinafore I can recline on my bed and no one will see me.  I'll blend in completely with my Orkney duvet. ~ Jeanette
The pinafore is a perfect blend of sturdy and soft. I'm very happy with it. It's sure to last many years. ~ Jill Dion, Santa Cruz, CA.

I think they are wonderful. I am wearing one in the shop. I see you have a larger size now. ~ Susan, Suttons Bay, Michigan
Pinafore: Highly Recommended!
I confess that I really didn't need a pinafore, or so I thought. I placed my order because I couldn't wait until this summer when our lake home will be completed and I would then place an order for linen bedding.
I really could have chosen which linen would be best from the sample card.
But ever since I came across your website I have been so excited about ordering my sheets and curtains.
Well, now that my pinafore has I arrived I can hardly stand it. Call me crazy, or just a lover of natural fibers, but now I REALLY can't wait.
The linen is beautiful, just beautiful.
It is a pleasure to look at, to wear and to touch.
I usually wear a full apron but this pinafore will now replace all aprons.
It is so much more practical and so much more attractive. If only it had a few more inches in back ...
I could wear it as a dress. I 'm not kidding; that is how much I love it.
I'm smitten. I just had an idea...I am heading to AZ this week and I will need one at our home there too, so I will place an order for another pinafore.
Please know how grateful I am that I came across your website. Lucky me...Lucky stars.

~ Margaret. Carmel, Indiana
I just received this yesterday and I already love it. I love how it wraps around, the length, how it feels... My perfect apron/pinafore! ~ Tina , Oshawa, Ontario

Really love the pinafore. The pockets are perfect for accommodating your lovely linen tea towel (i.e., I fold in a long rectangle, tuck one end of towel in the pocket and drape the rest to hang out of the pocket). I ordered the Valentine heart embellishment. Would like to have a shamrock,thistle, rose, snow flake, sun, and pumpkin! ~ Claire , Minneapolis, Minnesota