A memory bank
This trio has a long history – at least when counted in fabric years! Some of us attach sentimental value to just about anything and everything. Textiles are no exception: old shirts or dresses, worn either for special occasions or just every day; baby clothes, naturally; even curtains and bedlinen, whatever makes a connection. We save them for years in closets or cupboards or pass them on to the next generation. I confess – I have saved a lot. Then I found someone who is worse that me 😉 Knowing I was collecting scraps of material, a good friend gave me some plastic bags brimming with what turned out to be precious items: her husband's beloved well-worn shirts ... ... colourful striped material from a skirt she had made for herself, and bits from clothes she had made for her children decades ago, including the most treasured of them all: a remnant of material that had had Mother Goose nursery rhymes and characters. I didn't realize the significance until afterwards, when I to...