Comments on: The Gentle Author’s Spring Shirt https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/03/27/the-gentle-authors-spring-shirt/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 29 Mar 2019 23:01:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/03/27/the-gentle-authors-spring-shirt/#comment-1276028 Fri, 29 Mar 2019 23:01:47 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173286#comment-1276028 What a delightful insight

]]> By: Claire https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/03/27/the-gentle-authors-spring-shirt/#comment-1275822 Fri, 29 Mar 2019 07:44:45 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173286#comment-1275822 That’s a beautiful post Gentle Author. The dear photograph of your mother in her frock is very like one I have of my mother dressed in a white lacy confection, same hairstyle, probably contemporary I would think.
Thank you so much.

]]> By: Susan Martin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/03/27/the-gentle-authors-spring-shirt/#comment-1275625 Thu, 28 Mar 2019 17:41:48 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173286#comment-1275625 Lovely shirt! Wonderful story!

]]> By: Linda Granfield https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/03/27/the-gentle-authors-spring-shirt/#comment-1275191 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:33:17 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173286#comment-1275191 Liberty still makes that fabric “Mirabelle” — here’s the link

https://www.libertylondon.com/uk/mirabelle-tana-lawn-cotton-1000615109.html?dwvar_176691_color=C#sz=60&start=181

Perhaps a quarter yard and a friend who sews a new collar (cuffs too?) can let that shirt greet spring for a good long time more! A beautiful print.

]]> By: Bailey Jones https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/03/27/the-gentle-authors-spring-shirt/#comment-1275185 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 22:22:36 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173286#comment-1275185 A most excellent shirt.

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/03/27/the-gentle-authors-spring-shirt/#comment-1275038 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 14:24:16 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173286#comment-1275038 Really nice that reading. Thanks for this entertaining report!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/03/27/the-gentle-authors-spring-shirt/#comment-1275028 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 13:33:24 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173286#comment-1275028 Lovely shirt! I hope you have had the chance to enjoy some of the spring sunshine this year..

My sister and I had a couple of Liberty fabric dresses although our poshest ones came from Harrods (a special present from our indulgent grandmother). They were striped fabric with smocking at the chest and big excitement – matching knickers!

]]> By: Gina https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/03/27/the-gentle-authors-spring-shirt/#comment-1275014 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 12:39:43 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173286#comment-1275014 A lovely post today, as always. The fabrics for the shirt and dress are both so attractive, and have a distinct family resemblance.

]]> By: Adele https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/03/27/the-gentle-authors-spring-shirt/#comment-1275008 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 12:15:31 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173286#comment-1275008 Charming story GA. I love the facade of Liberty’s.

]]> By: Coralie Mattys https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/03/27/the-gentle-authors-spring-shirt/#comment-1275000 Wed, 27 Mar 2019 11:43:54 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=173286#comment-1275000 This reminds me of the surprise I had when I was nine or ten, and my father came home with a soft, floppy cotton fabric covered in little sprays of flowers and coloured yellow, black and white. The surprise was, for me, that it changed the two-dimensional concept I had previously had of my father and caused me to see him as having more layers. I loved that fabric, and ever since, I’ve been drawn to the colour combination – although I’ve never found a pattern close to the original. Thanks for the reminder. My mother made dresses for me and my sister from the fabric. Unfortunately I only have a black and white picture of them.

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