Retrieved

I retrieved this Scottie Dog cushion cover on Monday from the depths of the shed, when it was being cleared out.  I had totally forgotten I owned this and hadn't seen it for a few years.  It was a bit whiffy but miraculously un-gnawed by the mice.  A good soak and a dry in the sun and it has come up beautifully. 

The material is, I suspect, linen and the Scottie himself is really nicely embroidered in black thread with grey highlights.  The whole cushion cover is quite large - about 20 inches square.  I imagine it dates from some time in the 1940's or 1950's and was probably stitched from an iron-on transfer.  I bought it some years ago in a junk shop in St George, Bristol.  I think it cost £3.00 or £4.00, which I thought was quite expensive at the time but looking at it now, and realising the work that went into it, I think that was actually a darn good bargain.

Comments

[gigibird]

He is a beauty:)
Too good to kept in a shed!

[elizabeth of course]

I'm loving the word "whiffy".