I've had this shirt for a long time, it's worn and old and much too small for me, really, and it's been hand-dyed a kind of grey (once when I was a teenager and liked everything in dark colours.) I gave it a wash recently and the seams came undone, so I knew my days of wearing it were over. It's one of those amazing old hand-embroidered garments from the 1970's, made in China.
Anyway, I knew those perfect and gorgeous Chinese hand-stitches were too good to go to waste, so I made a couple of small things for my shop this week: a brooch and a little purse. The Bohemian-style embroidery made me think of the late-summer flowers that are everywhere at the moment: deep-coloured hydrangeas and red geraniums.
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