Way back in 1977, we sailed to England for a couple of years, we had three little people with us and we bought a house then bought second hand furniture. This couch was so ugly I needed to cover it so I bought some fabrics, cut them into squares to make a cover.
I knew nothing about Patchwork or Quilting back then but I could sew. Most of the fabric is Laura Ashley except the fabric with the little green flowers on it, this was left overs from my oldest daughters School Uniform that I made... or so I thought...
I hand cut squares and sewed them together, there was no backing or border and I had never heard of rubber mats and rotary cutters... below is the result with oldest daughter Nerys on right and friend Genevieve on left.
See the white fabric with little green flowers...
When we returned to Australia I turned this 'Cover' into two Duvet Covers ... then only last year I decided I needed to keep and preserve this lovely cover so I turned it into two quilts with a fabulous red border and Emma Smith quilted it for me.
I found this photo of my two daughters and Nerys my oldest is wearing her School Uniform.
To confirm either Yay or Nay of my School Uniform thoughts, this did happen 40 years ago... I put these photos up on a Facebook Page I belong to in Guildford, Surrey, the same town we lived in back then and where Nerys went to school.
The response has been terrific and YES! Nerys is wearing her School Uniform.
1 comment:
How fantastic that you were able to confirm it really is a uniform. I must say it is the prettiest school uniform I've ever seen!
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