Remnants of Childhood: Printed Childrens Textiles of Yesteryear [Hardcover]

Like other books by Susan Meller, Remnants of Childhood gathers up everyday objects from peoples lives and brings them into focus on the pages of this bookpieces of cloth designed especially for kids; patterned cotton feed and flour sacks repurposed into dresses; childrens hankies; whimsical baby bibs; muslin storybook books, and much more. The common thread weaving through this book is cotton cloth. The time period is the 1880s through the 1950s. The theme is Americana.CN This book will conjure up memories of bygone days when little girls and boys played with homemade rag dolls and had their own indestructible muslin ABC books  delightful reminders of more innocent times. By the 1920s, changes in fashion and the ubiquitous whites of earlier eras had given way to more practical clothing in a range of colors and a profusion of printed patterns designed especially for children. As adults, we may feel na?vet? has been lost, but we can still catch a glimpse of our innocence skipping playfully through the pages of this book.“Your book is such a joy. Each page holds a new treat. Remnants of Childhood is a gift that keeps on giving with memories of fabric, clothes, and even books from our past. I will keep it within reach forever.”  N.L.“I find your book utterly delightful! Multiple times a day I pick it up, look at a page or two, and then close it again letting the memories linger with me…”  J.B. “Remnants of Childhood is GORGEOUS…I can’t wait to sit down and read it cover to cover. I’m especially excited to share it with my Aunt Betsy… It will absolutely get her creative juices flowing!”  S.W.“I enjoyed the book on many levels: the feed sacks were really surprising and reflected a time when packaging was as important as the object…I loved the parrots (p. 68); the schoolgirls (p. 80); the pillow (p. 90); the hankies (pp. 108 & 127); the cloth doll (p. 229) is stlƒ&