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Me-Made May 2014

31/05/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized35 Comments on Me-Made May 2014

So once more I have LOVED taking part in me-made May again this year!  I participated in the Flickr group every day but decided to just write one summary post here on my blog about my experience; which is this…

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Little black polka-dots

23/05/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized38 Comments on Little black polka-dots

I’ve made a dotty little cardigan  ðŸ™‚  Yes, it seems like I’m turning out new stuff everyday, but the truth is that some of my recent items have been finished for up to a few weeks or more and it is…

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Incredi-Yellow!

21/05/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized38 Comments on Incredi-Yellow!

I think every year I seem compelled to make for myself one skirt in some extremely garish shade.  This year isn’t get away scot free either. I bought this brilliant daffodil yellow pin-wale corduroy from Spotlight a few years ago.…

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Navy blue tights

20/05/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized20 Comments on Navy blue tights

I really really wanted some navy blue tights.  Basically I have two, yes, two! navy blue corduroy skirts for winter, and a coupla hand-knit cardigans including this one which are mainly midnight blue and which I want to dig out…

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white linen Olive blouse

14/05/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized36 Comments on white linen Olive blouse

Hi peeps; new blouse! Amity of Lolita patterns emailed me a few months ago asking if I would like to test their new blouse pattern, the Olive. Thank you so much Amity!  I lurve trying out new patterns!  I finished…

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Olive Frankenstein skirt

12/05/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized36 Comments on Olive Frankenstein skirt

I am notoriously bad at tossing out old scraps of fabric. Particularly if I really really like the colour.   And I really really like olive. So; after finishing my patched pockets skirt I still had some promisingly largish pieces…

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White linen Zsalya dress with patchwork

07/05/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized58 Comments on White linen Zsalya dress with patchwork

Hello!  I’m wearing a new dress. The cool fingers of winter are tickling at the edges of our days so obviously I had to make a light and fluttery, floaty white linen thing for myself.  It was only logical  *…

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Gold Miette

25/04/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized33 Comments on Gold Miette

I have knitted a cardigan.  And weeeeeeee! this is the final thing in my eleven piece swap.   Finished… hurrah! The Miette is designed by Andi Satterlund, and is available as a free download here.   Such a great little pattern.…

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