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poppy dress

26/11/201826/11/2018 CarolynUncategorized11 Comments on poppy dress

I’ve made this new dress   #surprise!  This beautiful poppy printed silk chiffon was a birthday present from my lovely thoughtful Mum… we were browsing together in Fabulous Fabrics and oohing and aahing over it, and she suddenly announced “I’d…

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Cement worker

21/11/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized41 Comments on Cement worker

I made a shirt for Dad’s birthday  🙂 I used Burda 7767 custom-fit to his size that I fine-tuned with last year’s shirt, and a fine-grade linen from Spotlight in a shade called “cement”.  Very appropriate for a man like my…

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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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Fabulous stuff made by Mum and Dad…

26/07/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized17 Comments on Fabulous stuff made by Mum and Dad…

My Mum and Dad are enormously creative and talented.  They have made heaps and heaps of beautiful things…a visit to their house reveals one lovely work after another.  I took some pictures of just a few during our last visit……

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