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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Off to the ball!
My daughter went to her friend’s 6th form leavers’ ball last weekend in a dress made from parts of a Boue Soeurs 1920s ‘robe de style’, remodelled around 1960 – and taken in by her mother. The bodice has machine-made … Continue reading
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Article on patchwork at the Great Exhibition
Intarsia patchwork panel of a farmyard scene, V&A AP27-1917 My article, A patchwork panel ‘shown at the Great Exhibition’, has just gone up on the V&A Online Magazine. It takes a small textile in the V&A collections as the starting … Continue reading
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