I was poking through some slides that my mother had left at my house after her last shift and decided to convert them to images as a gift. I have always loved 1960’s fashion and fabrics and was delighted when I found these shots of her on a ‘country outing’. The frocks were beautiful, although probably incredibly uncomfortable given they were always worn with a girdle, but take a look at the glasses … and the singlets.!!!
Great shot of the beach front street at Surfers Paradise, a favorite holiday destination in the 60’s
A little more rummaging and look what else I came up with ……
I had the incredible good fortune to acquire the ‘sewing room’ contents of a retired sewing passionista. This beautiful piece of cotton was in the back of the bottom of one of her drawers, it is a typical example of the fabric used in the 60’s. Notice the ‘oriental theme’.
If you have a look at the detail the beauty is in the weave, I think it is called an irregular basket weave. The design is a surface print and the ‘edge’ is an over print of Gold!
Back of the Bottom Drawer 
Is that your mother in the foreground? That dress fabric!! Bet you wish you still had that – or do you?
It’s in the drawer