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Month: July 2018

a mustard raincoat, oh and a skirt too

31/07/201805/07/2020 Carolynsewing14 Comments on a mustard raincoat, oh and a skirt too

Hello!  I’ve made a new raincoat! So, I’ve been wearing my pale pink Kelly anorak raincoat, made from a shower curtain, for several years now, it was undoubtedly my most worn garment of last year by a fair dinkum mile!  and…

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more soap…

22/07/201823/08/2020 Carolyncrafty stuff, Uncategorized10 Comments on more soap…

So, I’ve been making some more soap, trying to develop a few new recipes of my own.   Ever since my first go at soap-making, I’ve perused the oil selection at Coles with a lot more interest… and came home…

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Elementary, my dear Sherlock

15/07/201815/07/2018 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized14 Comments on Elementary, my dear Sherlock

Yes, I know; a complete mis-quote of an already mis-quote… *braces oneself for outraged Holmes enthusiasts* But wot is this new thing I’m wearing ‘ere then?!  Is it a jacket…?  no, a cape…?  some tweedy, distinctly Holmes-esque thing, somehow exuding…

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