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Paprika tights; 6 different ways

05/07/201319/06/2016 CarolynUncategorized32 Comments on Paprika tights; 6 different ways

Hmmm, a better name for these posts would be 6 different outfits, since there’s only one “way” you can wear most things, and particularly something like a pair of tights!  Oh well, I’ve been using this title for too long…

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the paper doll project

05/07/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized13 Comments on the paper doll project

(I’ve pledged to wear only clothes handmade by me this year and to sketch my daily outfits in my Fashionary.  I’m calling this the paper doll project) 17th-22nd Junefrom left: dyed corduroy skirt, white drape-y top, new-old hoodie, black tights…

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Supreme Commander Servalan

29/06/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized63 Comments on Supreme Commander Servalan

Put him on the fastest scout ship available and send him here. No flight plan is to be filed.  That’s against Bureau standing orders, Commissioner.  Who do you think wrote those orders, Borr? I did. So do as I say,…

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Future Grrrrl!

22/06/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized65 Comments on Future Grrrrl!

Whoa!  who is that babe? It’s FUTURE GRRL! So; Cassie was going to a Futuristic party… and had a firm idea of how she wanted to look.  To make this sartorial vision a reality she wanted a flamboyant and luxuriously…

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Gemini

19/06/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized40 Comments on Gemini

Gemini, the twins.   Of course my boys are not twins obviously, they are separated by several years and have one sister in between them too.  But they are both Geminis!  That picture cracks me up btw… so brotherly…  😀…

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One way to sew a flat-felled and split seam

19/06/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized28 Comments on One way to sew a flat-felled and split seam

A split side seam is a nice feature that adds a bit of visual interest as well as some wearing ease to a straight-hemmed garment, and flat-felling is a smooth and clean finishing technique for seams; but how to manage…

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I dye…

17/06/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized30 Comments on I dye…

…  literally.  I’m dyeing heaps of stuff lately. My ultramarine corduroy skirt.  I was bored with it, and didn’t wear it at all during me-made May even though it was season appropriate.  That is A Sign.  I dunno, I’d gone…

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the paper doll project

17/06/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized7 Comments on the paper doll project

(I’ve pledged to wear only clothes handmade by me this year and to sketch my daily outfits in my Fashionary.  I’m calling this the paper doll project) 30th May-4th June from left: ivory jeans, black Tshirt, Chanel style jacket, handknit…

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