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Month: June 2011

Briefly, with emoticons…

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Me-Made June; Day 14 Another wild windy day.  And lots of lovely dam-filling, garden-watering rain overnight.   The evidence was there in lots of large puddles dotted about.  🙂 The river had burst its banks.  Don’t see that everyday…  :O I’m…

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Feelin’ a bit blustery

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Me-Made June; Day 13: It actually feels like winter is in the air.  The wind had a definite nip to it this morning, and rain has been forecast for tomorrow.  This is is awesomely good news. Details: Shirt; my own…

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Sam’s shirt/jacket

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So I finished off the pockets on Sam’s birthday shirt/jacket last night, and did take those few snaps of the pockets to show here because I was so happy at how they turned out, but the light was not great…

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A cool pocket

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I’ve just put these pockets on a shirt/jacket I’ve made for Sam for his birthday, and I’m super pleased with how they turned out.  So wanted to share them. I kind of got the idea from similar pocket I saw…

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Glamorous footwear is highly over-rated

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Me-Made June; Day 12 Love ma uggies.  I could say that slipping on my ugg boots is like slipping a pair of comfy old slippers… except that’s exactly what they are.  So, of course it is, hehe. So, in the interests…

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Pattern Magic 2; the Vanishing Scarf

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I’ve made my first project from Pattern Magic 2, by Tomoko Nakamichi; the vanishing scarf top.  Looking through this wonderful book I really couldn’t decide which project to make first.  I’m not just saying that.  I really couldn’t decide; so…

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I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride my bike…

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(yes, I’m a Queen fan from way back…) Me-Made June challenge for today; Must be on some form of transport.  Challenge accepted. I thought this would be tricky, turned out to be easy peasy.  Two minutes ride to the foreshore,…

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It’s very windy…

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… thus the crazy hair. I’ve made a new top, but it’s not extravagantly exciting in either cut or construction.  Not even a Pattern Magic thing, sorry, though in my own defence this was already half finished before I even…

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