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Navy blue blazer; 6 different ways

15/11/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized18 Comments on Navy blue blazer; 6 different ways

Oh this was so easy it felt like cheating; after all, it’s not so much a matter of hunting about to find what will go with a classic navy blue blazer, because of course everything goes with this thing!  So rather…

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International Suit-Up Day

13/10/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized11 Comments on International Suit-Up Day

What uuuup?! I was planning to do something else for today, but when my son informed me last night that today was International Suit Up Day, well, how could I not?  Barney is our family’s favourite character from How I…

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Domestic diva XI

27/09/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized13 Comments on Domestic diva XI

Hehe, realised that my most loathed domestic duty has not yet been immortalised here; the dreaded office work… (groan) I used to be an analytical chemist (yes, with a degree n’ all…) and so led a reasonably interesting life with every…

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Jacket inspired by ?

17/08/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized11 Comments on Jacket inspired by ?

Well, I’ve reduced my refashioning bag by one half of an item; being that the pockets of this new jacket used up one leg of Sam’s old khaki corduroy pants that had holes in the knees…  so I’m gettin’ somewhere,…

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Going to the game

26/06/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized2 Comments on Going to the game

Once again, soccer Mum mode… today I lucked out, got myself a nice sheltered spot sitting in the sun and managed to knit continuously throughout the game; bonus!!  Yeah, I can finally knit without having to watch what my hands…

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Splitting up a suit, 2

14/06/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized8 Comments on Splitting up a suit, 2

Here finally is the jacket from the suit I made a few years ago (see here and here)… made from free fabric and using Simplicity 4698 … again.  Yes, I do re-use patterns a lot, glad you noticed! We had…

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Navy blue jacket

24/05/201021/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized7 Comments on Navy blue jacket

Digging through my winter wardrobe is producing some old creations…  This jacket I made about two years ago and wore quite a lot for the last two winters.  This year I looked at it a bit sideways, wondering if it…

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