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Month: May 2011

Some dyeing…

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My dear friend C gave me a whole bunch of fabric last night, following a major clean-out of her late mother’s house.  Some of it is very nice, lots of it is… er, very green.  I am very grateful, however mindful…

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It was inevitable…

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… and was simply a matter of when my self-discipline would falter.  I’m classifying this as a belated Mother’s Day present to myself. Actually, I’m supremely excited about this second instalment in the Pattern Magic series by Tomoko Nakamichi, why?…

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Pattern Magic, revisited

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This is my second attempt at this pattern; the design from page 10 of Pattern Magic by Tomoko Nakamichi; my first was here.  I loved the design, but unfortunately that first dress was kinda disastrous.  Firstly, I didn’t love the…

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Flares in Plum

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Hot off the press… my new flared jeans for winter, and for Joy’s Bell-Bottom challenge! I adore flares, after half a lifetime of trial and error I have finally decided they could be the most flattering jeans shape for my…

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Turquoise pencil skirt; 6 different ways

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These posts are a guilty pleasure to me; it’s such fun to play around in my own closet and dream up a whole lot of new ways in which I could possibly wear an old favourite to suit a variety…

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A navy corduroy jacket, and a Babar jumper

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Today I bring two flashbacks; two, because I don’t have very good photos of either one to warrant an individual post, and because I am trying to whizz through these old projects a little faster than I have been up…

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Oo la la

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I’ve made a new dress for winter! This fabric, a sort of very roughly spun and woven silk, with some very stiffish almost stick-like pieces woven into it, was one of my Christmas presents; that I bought so the children could…

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Cassie’s quilt

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“Now here’s one I made earlier”… I think this is might be the next thing in my chronological documentation of my creations.  And luckily another one that is still used and loved on a daily basis.  I’ll have to admit…

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