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Bare legs!

13/09/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized8 Comments on Bare legs!

Yesterday I roasted a bit in those tights, so today I decided to be brave and make this the first day in the new season to go without.   And haven’t regretted it one bit.  I think the weather has…

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Burnt orange skirt

12/09/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized24 Comments on Burnt orange skirt

I’ve seen a couple of other little orange skirts just like this recently, namely Gail’s and Yoshimi’s, so you will have to take my word for it that I bought this fabric a couple of months ago and have had…

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Remembering

11/09/201127/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized9 Comments on Remembering

A lot of us are going to be remembering today the terrible events of 9/11 ten years ago, and what they were doing that day… this is a rambling recollection of my pretty ordinary life on that day. We were…

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A repeat…

10/09/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized8 Comments on A repeat…

…for real.  (the jeans) Although I last wore them tucked into my biker boots and this time they are hanging out in all their flared glory…  I love the 70’s bellbottom-ness of them, and with ma skivvy here, and ma…

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A repeat…

09/09/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized6 Comments on A repeat…

… of sorts.  Not a repeat of any actual garments, per se, and btw I am not consciously trying to avoid repeats during self-stitched September at all, because I’ve decided that would be silly.  I just want to wear what…

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A rare floral moment

08/09/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized19 Comments on A rare floral moment

Spring must really be in the air for me to think about a print, and not just any ol’  print but a floral one yowsa!  Not that I don’t love florals; I do, but in moderation and in general preferably…

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Cooking schmooking

07/09/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized23 Comments on Cooking schmooking

So, I went there.  I might be a tad cosy in my crochet skirt (and probably look kinda like a cosy too, haha, er a tea-cosy that is!), but I decided that if I was going to wear it at…

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Lack of Tshirts

06/09/201127/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized17 Comments on Lack of Tshirts

More correctly, I do not have a lack of Tshirts, but just a lack of me-made Tshirts.  And after a few experiments I feel this dress really looks best over a form-fitting knit Tshirt and not over a blouse.  So…

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