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Pattern Magic, page 13, sleeve 2

10/07/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized8 Comments on Pattern Magic, page 13, sleeve 2

OK.  I know this is a bizarr-o looking sleeve.  Luckily Bessie is an uncomplaining model.  Trust me, this isn’t the strangest looking thing in this book, but I still consider the drafting exercises in Pattern Magic by Nakamichi Tomoko to…

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“What a curious feeling…”

08/03/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized4 Comments on “What a curious feeling…”

When I sat under this tree today I felt a bit like a gypsy-ish Alice in Wonderland.  I had this big solid tree comfortably at my back with its branches swaying and drooping, its canopy of foliage like a whispering…

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My husband gave me flowers…

23/01/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized5 Comments on My husband gave me flowers…

Actually he gave these to me a few days ago and they’ve been sitting on our kitchen bench looking fresh, optimistic and cheerful and brightening up my days with that particularly intense clarity of simple colour, that gerberas are so…

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A dye-job

13/01/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized8 Comments on A dye-job

Looking through my wardrobe searching for new combinations of my clothes to wear each day, I am continually struck by how many of my shirts are … white… Yes, can’t seem to break my white shirt habit; I just love…

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Cool and casual for a hot hot day

21/12/200921/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized3 Comments on Cool and casual for a hot hot day

Remember this bright bright white top? Almost needed your sunnies just to look at it?   And do you remember me saying I thought I had way too many white tops and it was time for a dye-job? So, I…

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Golden glow

18/10/200921/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized3 Comments on Golden glow

Sunday, 18th October 2009 Mum in a comment asked how I was planning to spice up my life….well, that’s a curly question! But a good starting point would be to spice up my wardrobe, as if I needed an excuse…

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