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Aegean gracefully….

22/12/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized33 Comments on Aegean gracefully….

(Forgive the pun; I couldn’t resist!  You don’t want to be anywhere near me after a few drinkies…  Really) You see, today is my husband’s birthday; and I have made for him a shirt using Burda 7767 (surprise!), of Aegean…

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Ginger shot cotton shirt

20/11/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized25 Comments on Ginger shot cotton shirt

Dad had a special birthday recently, and I made a shirt for him!  Photographed here in his natural habitat… I used shot cotton in Ginger, which has a bright-ish ruby-red warp and an intensely curry-yellow weft; two colours which combine to make…

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Seafoam linen shirt, with smile-y faces

30/08/201127/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized18 Comments on Seafoam linen shirt, with smile-y faces

A new linen shirt for Craig… Burda 7767, again.  I didn’t even fold up or put away the pattern after making my “army” shirt, just laid out the fabric and cut out this one straight away… efficient, or what?!  My…

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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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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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Tim’s shirt/jacket

02/07/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized9 Comments on Tim’s shirt/jacket

Here is the shirt/jacket thingy that I made for Tim for a birthday gift… it is very similar to Sam’s here, but using a grey/beige, thin but warm, corduroy and a (leftover) contrasting dark blue/grey cotton linen for the lining of…

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Sam’s shirt/jacket

13/06/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized7 Comments on Sam’s shirt/jacket

So I finished off the pockets on Sam’s birthday shirt/jacket last night, and did take those few snaps of the pockets to show here because I was so happy at how they turned out, but the light was not great…

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Smoky short sleeved mens’ shirt

28/02/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized8 Comments on Smoky short sleeved mens’ shirt

I made for my husband another shirt using the Kaffe Fasset shot cotton from purl soho.  This fabric is so wonderful to work with I’ve considered a few times sneaking off with it to make myself something instead of for him… but…

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