Australian Homespun

CASSANDRA MADGE

My mother was an experienced seamstress, so like many, I learnt by sitting on the floor in her sewing room, watching and asking questions. I can’t remember how young I was when she first gave me needle and thread, I probably had a scrap of gingham to practise my running stitches

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