What a lovely kind gesture.

Love it. Such an evocative song too.

Nice read Rebecca… well done

Beautiful. Well done. Merry Xmas and a happy new year.

What an amazing and inventive interpretation. Well done Jane!

That was certainty a challenge, and you fulfilled it magnificently.

Very cleve interpretation. I like the slashed ‘love’ opening up to show the people. Don;t know what I would have done to this song….but I really like your way.

Very challenging Jane…well done x

what very pretty bunting, and so useful to have measurements.

That’s my ultimate dream, glad you are enjoying it

Such a lovely progression. My ultimate dream, too. I love those giant circles. Inspiring!

Wow…lucky you..x

A lovely description of perseverance. Enjoy.

Lovely memories and story and you were not the only baby to be left outside a shop in their pram. I was left outside the International Food Store in Horley in a brand new Silver Cross pram one afternoon. She only remembered when my father came home from work in the evening & they both walked a mile into town to hopefully retrieve me. In my mother’s defence I had only been adopted a few days before so having a new baby could easily be forgotten, unlike a birth mother who had carried and given birth to a child. I was still there in my pram luckily, but crying with gusto because I was hungry. I learnt to sew with my mother on a Singer Treadle machine and then in the late 1960’s she got a green Bernina. I had a Sindy and a Tressy doll so every time she made me a new dress they got one too from the off cuts. I did not get my own sewing machine until the 1970’s when I left home and used it to make curtains, cushions & clothes.

Great blog Margaret…first of many!

Gosh, your Blog brings back memories! I was, obviously, not the only one to leave a new baby outside the shops!! -only be to safely ‘rescued’ half an hour later. Your account of learning to sew at your Mum’s side was like me too but it was my Nan and not my Mum. Thank you for sharing Margaret. xx

This is really thoughtful. I often see people say they don’t like it so they will pass it on. Excellent advice.

Lovely clear instructions., and measurements.

Very thought provoking! There are some lovely fabrics there, they got me thinking….? Do I go up to raid my stash for the lovely red panel I have, or do I pray my other half doesn’t have a bright idea and decorate the house while I am out? Hnhmmm,….

Wow! Great idea Lyn! And such a neat quilt. Didn’t know that about Penny Lane and can’t believe Paul McCartney is 78!

Double A side with “Strawberry fields for ever” ?

I guessed it too. Very clever Lyn. Beautifully sewn.

Sparkles, the penny, the street sign, just fabulous, as we said in 1963