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short and rose-y

24/10/201515/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized38 Comments on short and rose-y

…some new summer shorts  đꙂ Pattern;  ye olde faithful Burda 7723.  Someone alerted me to the fact that this pattern has been discontinued…. boooo!  This is fair dinkum one of my favourite patterns… goodness knows why Burda would let go…

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Check-mate

09/12/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized45 Comments on Check-mate

… because I’ve made something in a check, and I’m accompanied by my best-est mate  đꙂ  The former, a rarity; the latter, far less so! So, the searing-est of searing hot scorchers are but just around the corner, and like a…

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Bitumen hued shorts, with French fly

30/03/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized33 Comments on Bitumen hued shorts, with French fly

Ta da! New shorts! The funny thing about these is that during one of my regular stash sort-throughs, I had picked up this bit of fabric, shaken it out, sized it up, done one of those quick mental assessments (I’m…

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Hot pink shorts; 6 different ways

18/01/201219/06/2016 Carolynfashion, Uncategorized29 Comments on Hot pink shorts; 6 different ways

So, shorts, and particularly linen shorts are always going to be a warm weather thing and perhaps not an obvious candidate for “see how useful this item of clothing is!”….  But I am an Aussie after all, and typically lead a…

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Hot (pink) pants

23/11/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized37 Comments on Hot (pink) pants

G’day, peops! Remember when I mentioned a piece of hot pink linen that had befriended me in the fabric store and then beseeched me to give it a new home and some purpose in its life?  (ahem) Well I’ve done the…

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Sherbie jacket

28/09/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized21 Comments on Sherbie jacket

… so named because it is exactly the same colour as of one of my favourite childhood lollies. Thank you for the feedback on the Spring colour challenge yesterday!  I am still up in the air over whether I will…

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Burda 7723, a pattern review

13/03/201121/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized17 Comments on Burda 7723, a pattern review

These shorts aren’t new here on the blog, I made them over a year ago and have worn them a zillion times since, although not for Me-Made-March yet.  Since this version here was my first attempt at this now fairly…

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Dressing for the office…

11/03/201121/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized11 Comments on Dressing for the office…

hehe… No really, this is what I wore to the office, today!  I know it appears that I spend all of my time gallivanting about in the great outdoors, and let’s face it, the pictorial evidence is here that I…

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