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An casual edging for knits

05/02/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized32 Comments on An casual edging for knits

I used this great edging for some of my latest T-shirts.  This is a nice casual look for thin floppy knits that don’t fray very much.  It works really well on those fabrics that want to curl up spontaneously… and it’s…

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Some basics…

04/02/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized30 Comments on Some basics…

Nothing in this post is write-home-about exciting, but I have been laying down some handy layering basics for the cooler days that will be coming up …. sometime? …  ðŸ™‚  I’m thinking ahead, to autumn.  Planning, you know.  Being organised  …

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Top; Gone a bit Batty

01/02/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized23 Comments on Top; Gone a bit Batty

My latest project.  Do you like the name?  I know, right?  I could get a job at Anthropologie, thinking up delightfully poetic tag-lines for the clothing, for sure.  I am sometimes capable of romanticism, and dreaming up evocative monikers, conjuring…

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Tracing through the years

31/01/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized25 Comments on Tracing through the years

I have a small collection of Burda magazines from the late 70’s and early 80’s.  These were bought new back then by my mother for her own use and I have them now for safe-keeping.  I loved looking through these…

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A sludgy little skirt

28/01/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized46 Comments on A sludgy little skirt

Hooo boy.  We are having an insane heatwave right now… been 37C or above for over a week now.  Australia Day was 42C, phew…  We all spent the entire day in bathers, in and out of the pool.  The fireworks…

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Australia Day

25/01/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized15 Comments on Australia Day

Today is Australia Day, and what better cuisine to enjoy than a meat pie and sauce served on a paper bag.  Mmmm mmmm. Fabio approves. Wishing all a perfectly wonderful day!

My darling Clementine

23/01/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized45 Comments on My darling Clementine

I have made a new top!  A nice floaty loose top perfect for our fiercely hot summer days.  And we’ve sure had a few stiflers lately  :S so I will be wearing it immediatemente. I used Rowan shot cotton… again.…

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Coming to my senses…

20/01/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized25 Comments on Coming to my senses…

Employing that pleasing dichotomy of minimal with steam-punk in my outfit today… yeah?   Dichotomy.   Is good stuff. Now, I’ve had a re-think.  And thank you all for helping me to come to my senses!  I did feel a…

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