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Month: August 2011

Scrumpled leggings

19/08/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized16 Comments on Scrumpled leggings

Ta da!  Scrumpled leggings!  You like?  I do! And I think they fit in very nicely with my current seasonal aim of dressing to suit the natural colours and textures of my environment… I know this is not a new…

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Spring has sprung!

18/08/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized10 Comments on Spring has sprung!

Ok, OK, so I know we aren’t supposed to even mention the S word until the 1st September but look at this floral fabulousness popping up all around!  I took all these photos here on my walkies this morning… and…

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Oh, this old thing…

17/08/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized18 Comments on Oh, this old thing…

… and a few more old creations.  (Don’t worry, these are drawing to an inevitable endpoint, as I go forwards through time and eventually wind up at “now”, at which point these posts will finish and you will be seeing…

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Burda 7767; a rogue’s gallery

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A while ago, Myrna suggested that I do something about rounding up together in one post the number of variations on a pattern that I have made up; as a sort of “hey, look at the number of different looks…

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Pants as leggings

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These rusty corduroy jeans seem to have shrunk gradually over time, and if there is one thing I cannot bear that is too-short jeans.  Ankle-freezers, we used to call them.  Unpicking the hemline and letting them down a touch is…

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Thoughts on washing…

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(Trying to get back into the swing of taking my own photos?  Mebbe…) Something that is amazing about where I live is the ferocity, combined with the brevity, of storms.  It’s funny, my dog is quite protective of me when…

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Doing what I want…

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So I did give it a bit of thought (but not much) before I decided to leap back in and sign up again for Zoe’s new challenge, Self Stitched September 2011! I know at the end of Me-Made June 11…

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Little house pillowcase, and old slipcover

11/08/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized9 Comments on Little house pillowcase, and old slipcover

I made this pillowcase for my niece when she was born five years ago, and have had it back the last few days for a few minor repairs… Yes, the patchwork is intentionally wonky.  I am normally very obsessive about…

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