Category Archives: Sewing

Sewing loose covers – and the kindness of strangers

My daughter and son-in-law have moved to the South-East of England and last weekend I went down by train to visit. I had made a promise to make a new slip-cover for their wing chair while I was there. My daughter had gone to some trouble to find suitable furnishing fabric, and in end hadContinueContinue reading “Sewing loose covers – and the kindness of strangers”

The 70273 quilt

This week includes the 27th January, which is designated Holocaust Memorial Day.    The Holocaust included a Nazi programme (called Aktion T4) to eliminate all individuals with a disability who were considered ‘unworthy of life’.  Until three and a half years ago, I was a teacher in a Special School for six years.  The schoolContinueContinue reading “The 70273 quilt”