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Crisp white shirt; check

25/10/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized27 Comments on Crisp white shirt; check

A while ago I identified a hole in my wardrobe; supposedly a basic that no woman should be without, and have now dutifully filled it.  One crisp white shirt; check.  Now my husband can relax that his white linen shirt…

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On mixing prints

15/09/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized8 Comments on On mixing prints

Yikes!  Mixing prints!  So easy to get very very wrong…  Now (confession) I am feeling a leetle out of my comfort zone here with the mixing of prints this morning; well on choosing the python print top I did plan…

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Riverside python

16/08/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized7 Comments on Riverside python

How much am I loving animal print right now?  Oh, way too much.  Somebody stop me.  I wore my new leopard print twinset, like all weekend, and am only not wearing it today because it’s in the wash…  and for…

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Dog Beach

29/04/201021/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized9 Comments on Dog Beach

We’re having a real indian summer in Perth so this morning I took Sienna to Dog Beach and it was.  Just.  Heaven.  There was only a handful of people on the beach, being a weekday.  So normally I don’t like…

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Python alert

19/03/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized7 Comments on Python alert

I finished my python print satin outfit!  Here in this photo I’m not sure if I look as much like a sleepy python draped lazily down a tree trunk any more than I do an extra from the set of…

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An edging finish using the fabric selvedge; a tute

25/02/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized5 Comments on An edging finish using the fabric selvedge; a tute

So I set to work on making an outfit from my python print satin.  I want to make a skirt and a top this time, rather than a dress, so I can wear the top with other pants and jeans during…

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