As a very young child, my siblings and I lived with my grandparents and some of my earliest memories are when my Grandma W. would take us to W.T. Grants where my Grandma E. worked. It was always so fun to go running into the store and we would always know right where to find Grandma E., the sewing/fabric department. I do believe those times are what nurtured my love of fabric and making things. Several years ago I was fortunate enough to have Grandma E. give me many things out of her sewing room, apparently my love of hoarding came from her as well. Some of the things I brought home were some old patterns. I don't know if Grandma E. ever made any of these items as not all the patterns were intact, but as you will see they are probably from the 50's or early 60's. As I have been cleaning out some of "hoarding stash" I came across these and knew I wanted to do something special with them. I picked out a few, painted a couple of canvases and set about to make some art work to hang in my sewing area.
After I painted the canvas, cut out the pieces of patterns and laid them out, I decoupaged them on the canvas.
After several layers of decoupage and proper drying time they were ready to hang
Now each time I look at my new "art work" it will bring back those wonderful childhood memories.
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