Sewing Love: My Daughter’s Graduation Dress from Late Wife’s Silk Surprised the Whole Town

loved collecting silk handkerchiefs.

I never understood why.

Every trip we took, she somehow found little shops selling them.

New York.

Boston.

Charleston.

Tiny roadside antique stores.

It didn’t matter.

She always came home with another one.

Floral patterns.

Embroidered edges.

Delicate silk.

Soft ivory fabrics.

She treasured them.continue reading …