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Army shirt (not really…)

25/08/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized27 Comments on Army shirt (not really…)

… but my interpretation of a sorta military look. I love khaki and all muddy colours, and felt a khaki/muddy/sludgy coloured shirt would be just the thing; and once the military mindset had taken a hold on me it wasn’t…

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The two things together

06/01/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized14 Comments on The two things together

I’m not sure if this outfit is too severe.  Perhaps.  But this is the thing; I wanted to see these two pieces both together as they were designed to go with each other.  Both being from the same designer.  Japanese…

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Sam’s shirt

02/01/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized10 Comments on Sam’s shirt

This is the shirt I made for our youngest for a Christmas present.  The funny thing about making this shirt was that I cut it out and made it up with absolutely no attempt at secrecy whatsoever, and it was…

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Cassie’s dress

31/12/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized19 Comments on Cassie’s dress

This is the dress I made our daughter for her Christmas present this year.  I know her tastes very well and could picture exactly the dress I wanted to make for her, but was quite anxious about how to go about…

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Tim’s shirt

29/12/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized13 Comments on Tim’s shirt

This is a shirt I made for our eldest son for a Christmas present.  I didn’t need to be secret working on this one, as he was working up in Kalgoorlie up until only a few days before Christmas. I’m…

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Merry Christmas!

25/12/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized14 Comments on Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, all!  Wishing you a wonderfully happy and peaceful day together with your families and friends! Details:  Dress; Vogue 8555, with a bodice front of my own design, and added petticoat and waist tie,  printed cotton Shoes; Sandler, had for many…

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Drafting a new bodice…

17/12/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized14 Comments on Drafting a new bodice…

For my Christmas dress this year I have visions of a dreamy floral dress; tight bodiced but with a big big skirt… this is not a look I’ve worn very often, if at all so it’s quite possible I am…

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The B1,B2 shirt

03/12/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized23 Comments on The B1,B2 shirt

Hehe, I realise only Aussies are going to get that reference.  My daughter suggested the name at first sight, and the similarities had up until that moment escaped me.  But mean wife that I am, I informed my husband that…

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