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Year: 2012

Melbourne; a travel wardrobe….

09/09/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized20 Comments on Melbourne; a travel wardrobe….

Last week we popped off for a short holiday to Melbourne… and since I know how much we all just LOVE to see what other women choose to pack for a holiday away … or is that just me?  Well I…

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Pretty in Pink

07/09/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized43 Comments on Pretty in Pink

It’s been gorgeous here lately.  Fresh and exhilarating; cool and sunny and clear.  Everyone including moi is in high spirits, the days are sparkling and I’m even feeling the urge to clean out kitchen cupboards and wash curtains and eiderdowns,…

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White-y tighties

06/09/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized49 Comments on White-y tighties

hai there  ๐Ÿ™‚ oh sorry, were you expecting some fashion?? My set-up photo with just one lonely loyal dog sitting there really made me smile, so I had to put it in here.  For fun. I’ve made some new jeans…

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The Gentle Art of Preservation

05/09/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized18 Comments on The Gentle Art of Preservation

… otherwise entitled: Further Developments in the Case of the Super-Prolific Citrus Trees Our lemon tree’s desire to give give give and just keep on giving…. well,  I have been doing more good things with our produce  ๐Ÿ™‚  Limoncello!!  Aah,…

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With Military Precision

29/08/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized68 Comments on With Military Precision

My most recent creation: a jacket! made using pattern 104 from the Burdastyle magazine 09/2008 from the Pattern Pyramid giveaway.  Uber cool, yes?  I think so. Flicking through the magazine; the military style of this jacket with the double breasted…

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the Pattern Pyramid is heading over to…

29/08/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized5 Comments on the Pattern Pyramid is heading over to…

Roobeedoo, I shall be contacting you for your mailing address! Thank you to everyone taking part, I had the biggest response to a giveaway ever which just goes to show what a popular concept it is  ๐Ÿ™‚ Thank you Karen!

An olive and a skull

27/08/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized17 Comments on An olive and a skull

I’ve made some necklaces. Cassie discovered the Bead Post in the old Post Office in Fremantle, just across from the railway station, and we paid them a visit.  Oh my gosh, so many beautiful beads! A few years ago a…

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Ultramarine corduroy skirt; 6 different ways

26/08/201219/06/2016 Carolynfashion, Uncategorized24 Comments on Ultramarine corduroy skirt; 6 different ways

Y’know, sometimes you add something to your wardrobe purely on a crazy whim and you have a teeny niggling doubt about how well it is actually going to work? ย This ultramarine corduroy skirt, made using Vogue 1170 and first posted…

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