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Bless her little cotton socks

09/10/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized14 Comments on Bless her little cotton socks

You don’t have to tell me.  It is crazy to be knitting white cotton socks.  But honestly, these are just shorty ankle socks and take up about two or three evenings each in front of the TV, so why not?…

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Domestic diva VII

23/09/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized10 Comments on Domestic diva VII

Went on a recky (translation; Aussie slang for reconnaissance mission) through the husband’s side of the wardrobe for this morning’s outfit.  Oh, btw, that’s just the shirt here, not the skirt hehe, in case you were wondering… Details: Shirt; Burda…

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Domestic diva III

19/09/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized27 Comments on Domestic diva III

This is an all-new outfit for today; another pair of corduroy jeans, these in my new favourite neutral, greige.  These are made using Burda 7863 again, fitted to me, with a zip placket and coin pocket added, and flared out…

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Domestic diva

17/09/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized8 Comments on Domestic diva

The Maternity dress.  Oh, sorry, not aiming to mislead, I’m NOT expecting.  This is just the name I mentally gave to this dress ever since its debut out of the home atelier.  This final form here is quite a bit…

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Ladylike in brown

13/09/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized11 Comments on Ladylike in brown

This morning attended a ladylike morning tea to celebrate a friend’s birthday, so have thoroughly enjoyed the last hour sitting in the dappled shade of the jacarandas sipping tea from a charmingly cracked and mis-matched pretty china set, ahh, just…

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Comfort dressing

12/09/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized6 Comments on Comfort dressing

Self-Stitched September day 12: Woohee, taking one’s photo everyday has been quite a challenge, not to mention the embargo on reaching for the same old same old favourites from the wardrobe.  Everybody has favourites and comfort zones and there are…

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Green Day

11/09/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized8 Comments on Green Day

Aaah, social whirling over and life is back to normal around here for a while…  I do like to go out and get dressed up once in a while and the social season is certainly upon us now spring is…

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New greige top, with a shoulder experiment…

08/09/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized9 Comments on New greige top, with a shoulder experiment…

“Greige”; not a word found in any dictionary, but one adopted by the fashion industry to describe this colour that is not quite grey, not quite beige…   I love it.  And going by my latest fabric shopping binge carefully-considered…

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