A SILVER SIXPENCE FROM MY SHOE
Up until 1920 the commonly used little British ‘sixpence’ coin, was minted from Sterling silver. It was still in circulation up until 1980, but after decimalisation the sixpence became worth just 2 ½ new pence!
Silver sixpences have always been associated with good luck, being put inserted into things such as Christmas puddings and sewn into the uniforms of RAF pilots. A popular rhyme also explains the things a Bride should wear on her wedding day to bring her good luck.
“Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a silver sixpence in her shoe”
This quilt has 3 lucky silver sixpences stitched onto it – two from the year 1943, (the year of my parents' birth) and one from the year of my own and my husband’s birth - and is the sixpence I had in my shoe on my wedding day.
Silver sixpences have always been associated with good luck, being put inserted into things such as Christmas puddings and sewn into the uniforms of RAF pilots. A popular rhyme also explains the things a Bride should wear on her wedding day to bring her good luck.
“Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a silver sixpence in her shoe”
This quilt has 3 lucky silver sixpences stitched onto it – two from the year 1943, (the year of my parents' birth) and one from the year of my own and my husband’s birth - and is the sixpence I had in my shoe on my wedding day.
TITLE: A SILVER SIXPENCE FROM MY SHOE
PRODUCTION DATE: 2019
DIMENSIONS: 39 x 29 " | 100 X 73 cm
MEDIUM: Textile / Art Quilt
MATERIALS: Monoprint, ink, silver leaf, mirrors,sixpence coins and thread on dyed cotton
EXHIBITION HISTORY
International Biennale d'Art Textile, Villefrance-sur-Saone, France
STATUS: Private Collection