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Month: May 2010

Last day of autumn

31/05/201021/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized5 Comments on Last day of autumn

Today is the last day of autumn 🙁 So I thought I’d mark it by wearing my favourite autumn made garment; my trench coat.  I’ve got it on over a Tshirt and skirt here, but I like how trenches can…

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Dining room curtains

30/05/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized8 Comments on Dining room curtains

Sewing curtains is a real drag.  No seamstress will say otherwise.  Boring, all straight seams, no challenge in it.  And mundane. Most of the curtains I’ve made have been plain rectangles with curtaining tape sewn on at the top, which…

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Beautiful blogger award

29/05/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized6 Comments on Beautiful blogger award

I was so thrilled to look in my comments and see an award from the lovely Anne; thanks so much Anne! Whooo, now I have to list ten things about myself…  I always find this so difficult because I’m not very…

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Champagne in the city

28/05/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized7 Comments on Champagne in the city

I am sometimes accused, by family members who shall remain nameless, of never wearing an outfit more than once.  Well, ahem, I do wear things more than once, but choose not to bore readers of this blog with repeat photos…

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Pattern Magic; page 11

27/05/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized6 Comments on Pattern Magic; page 11

The latest in the Pattern Magic toiles; this one is on page 11.  There is a minuscule chance I will wear this toile.   Maybe it is a bit young for me; much as I detest that phrase “age appropriate…

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Satisfyingly swishy skirt

26/05/201021/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized5 Comments on Satisfyingly swishy skirt

Dug this skirt out again from the recesses of my wardrobe… I don’t know why I’m not wearing it as often as I once did.  I love it.  I made this last summer; not the summer we’ve just had but…

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Karajini socks

25/05/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized7 Comments on Karajini socks

So named because I knitted these as we drove up to Karajini for a camping holiday with our friends the A’s.  I knitted one sock on the way up, and the other sock on the trip home.  It is my…

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Navy blue jacket

24/05/201021/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized7 Comments on Navy blue jacket

Digging through my winter wardrobe is producing some old creations…  This jacket I made about two years ago and wore quite a lot for the last two winters.  This year I looked at it a bit sideways, wondering if it…

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