dusty blue
Teddy’s favourite
keeps her warm
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Miss E very sweetly asked me if I could mend the first dress I had made for Teddy as it is her FAVOURITE.
Of course I could not resist this Boro-esque challenge.
First I needed to darn the holes and stabilise the edge with a running stitch
Then I carefully washed the dress and took it to Miss E for further instructions.
She asked for a daisy to cover the darn in the front and for me to neaten the edge. I hope she approves of the result as seen in the first photo.
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“Work is love made visible”
Kahlil Gibran
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Joining in with Ronovan’s weekly Haiku Challenge, prompt words: COLOUR and WARMTH
and
My entry for our One-a-Week Photo Challenge: FAVOURITE
Please leave a link to your FAVOURITE photo in the comments to be included in the monthly round-up.
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What an important favourite you have shared in these images and story Sandra and what patient skill you have employed to help miss E. I will send my favourite soon and a Cross , unfortunately we have been away doing our last nature based travelling out of device range before D for dog day.
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D for dog day – are you getting a new hound??? How exciting!
I look forward to seeing your images when they get here, no rush.
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Just remembered I’m supposed to add my contribution here! https://rainbowjunkiecorner.wordpress.com/2017/06/10/photo-challenge-favourite/
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Thank you! It helps me when I do the round-up.
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That is SUCH a good repair job, Sandra – it looks as good as new 😀 Well done!
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Thank you Cathy, I just loved doing it, especially as I knew how much it meant to Miss E.
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That is so sweet. I love how Miss E played a part in the design. I too thought the first pic was the brand new dress.
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That’s my favourite aspect of it as well. Being creative together gives me such joy.
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You’ve done a great job! 😊
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Thanks so much, it was fun to do.
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What a lovely tale about a favourite! We all had a childhood special toy, so I’m sure we can all identify with how precious this is! 😊
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I’m glad you liked the story, linking us all to our childhood. My sister’s old teddy even appeared at her wedding as part of the ‘father of the bride’ speech.
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Oh how lovely! Funnily enough at my brother’s wedding last week, his new wife’s Barbie dolls were mentioned by her father in his speech! Aparently she had quite a few… hard to believe now that she’s a mountain climbing action woman these days! Although she does dress very well 😊
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Wonderful!!!
How fabulous to know that Barbie and all that is associated with it in terms of design did not hamper your sister-in-law becoming ‘action woman’!
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What a good job you did! Better than new 🙂 🙂
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There is something charming about preserving a much loved object – in another life I could have happily been a textile conservationist.
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I’m with Rainbow Junkie. I thought the first picture was of the dress when it was new. That is some repair, as we would say in Maine.
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Thank you so much Laurie. It was very satisfying to do.
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What a great and creative mending job! I still remember my Grandma coming to visit from Nebraska, and her first task was always to fix Teddy, who’s arms and legs always seemed to be in danger of falling off. ONLY Grandma could do the job! Miss E will treasure your doing this forever!
My link:
https://livinginrapidcity.wordpress.com/2017/06/06/photo-challenge-favorite/
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Aw, thank you Kathy, it is the kinda thing that makes for good granny memories isn’t it. Thanks so much for your photo entry too.
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Wonderful to see it all repaired! Teddy will be so please. More of my favourites on https://murtaghsmeadow.wordpress.com/2017/06/06/june-garden-update-flowers/
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Thank you MM. So good to have your entry.
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Really nice mend. Mrs Snail will approve too.
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Ooo yes, I think she will 😉
Thanks Cathy.
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You obviously have an astute young lady there ~ not throwing it away and knows exactly what she wants too! I thought, in the first photo, it was a new dress ~ You’ve done a wonderful job.
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Thanks so much Deb. I do find darning very satisfying, although I don’t do it much nowadays. I’m hoping to instil the ‘make do and mend’ mindset in my grandchldren – it seems to be working with one of them at least!
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Very clever I thought the first picture was of when the dress was new!
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What a compliment, thank you! 🙂
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