My mum has had this apron squirreled away that her nan (my great grandmother) made from old scraps and gave to her in the 1940’s/1950’s.
I thought it looked very familiar and now I know why. In the current Cath Kidston Christmas Gift Guide 2011 are the products made out of the following materials.
I am very proud of my great grandmother. I know she was just doing what everyone else was at that time, and that we have now entered a period of looking back at these traditional crafts during the recession. However, she clearly was a trendy little woman (and she was very little). I am proud and potentially inspired.
I love little family treasures like this that have been handed down through generations. It is just a shame that it is so delicate and the material is very fragile otherwise I would have been proud to use it. So unfortunately back in its box it will go. But I hope that my daughter or son will take the same pleasure from it and hopefully it wont have disintegrated by then.
wow, how wonderful. Its no secret that the designers look back for inspiration, but this is authentic from the make do and mend generation and totally gorgeous. How lucky you are to have this history in your family.
aaww thank you Karen. I must admit it was a total shock when my mum showed it to me. I didnt think we had sany such heirlooms. Its amazing what appears from nowhere.