Sometimes this blog works in mysterious ways, and this would be one of those times. Last week I was contacted by a lady from Australia, with a fun story.
She had been asked by an elderly friend to finish an embroidery piece that the friend had had languishing for some time. The piece had been given to her by her aunt when she was five years old. The aunt died in childbirth, and the piece had never been finished.
Out of curiosity, the lady googled "Two Little Girls in Blue apron," and came across my blog post of several years ago about a vintage apron of Two Little Girls in Blue I'd found in Nelson.
And guess what--they are the same girls, same design! She contacted me to share her photos of the piece, in progress and finished:
And here is a detail shot from my apron, which isn't nearly as glam, really more an embroidery outline:
I would love to find an original transfer of this design if it still exists out there....but it was neat to have the girls connect with whanua across the Tasman, and to know they are nearing 80.
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