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Army shirt (not really…)

25/08/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized27 Comments on Army shirt (not really…)

… but my interpretation of a sorta military look. I love khaki and all muddy colours, and felt a khaki/muddy/sludgy coloured shirt would be just the thing; and once the military mindset had taken a hold on me it wasn’t…

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Crocheted Granny-squares skirt

23/08/201116/08/2017 CarolynUncategorized70 Comments on Crocheted Granny-squares skirt

I crocheted a skirt!  Yup, a whole skirt…. almost can’t believe it myself, since crochet is not my forte. Now I was initially inspired by Jo Sharp’s Hexagon skirt, but have discovered this new-wave trend was set by Australian designers…

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Double wedding ring quilt

21/08/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized24 Comments on Double wedding ring quilt

So, to the penultimate in my quilting output… I have only one more quilt in my repertoire after this but I will have to make an appointment to go and visit that one… However, this one is far dearer to…

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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

16/08/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized36 Comments on Burda 7767; a rogue’s gallery

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

14/08/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized17 Comments on Pants as leggings

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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