Wellington journalist Rosemary McLeod is a well-known collector of vintage textiles, home-made textile crafts and sewing ephemera. Her 2005 book Thrift to fantasy: home textile crafts of the 1930s–1950s was lavishly illustrated with pieces from her collection. These beautiful items furnish McLeod's home.
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HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand
Reference: Rosemary McLeod, Thrift to fantasy: home textile crafts of the 1930s-1950s. Auckland: HarperCollins, 2005, pp. 40-1
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