Printed cotton with rose pattern

The small rose pattern fabric is from a belt that belonged to a dress my mother wore in the 1950s. I don't know happened to the dress - when I sorted out my mother's belongings, I only found the belt. There is no picture of my mother in this dress among the many family photographs. Maybe it was, as the cotton fabric suggests, a house dress.

The other fabric with large roses and in similar colours comes from my local charity shop which I visit regularly to look for interesting fabrics, yarns and objects.