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Kryptonite lingerie

17/05/201515/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized30 Comments on Kryptonite lingerie

As soon was I saw this kryptonite-ish print I was just like, o gawd! must have….  And, naturally, lingerie was the very first thing that popped into my brain.  Well, of course.  It was only logical. Mixing up my sci-fi sources…

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“poison dart frog” lingerie set

16/01/201515/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized64 Comments on “poison dart frog” lingerie set

Sounds like a weird inspiration  for a lingerie set?  Well this is my thing for prttynpnk’s Jungle January  🙂 I really wanted to do something a bit different, something other than big-catty.  I googled jungle animals and was immediately drawn to the splendiferous group of…

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Watson lingerie set in sand cotton jersey

07/12/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized20 Comments on Watson lingerie set in sand cotton jersey

I just could not resist buying Watson, the new lingerie pattern designed by Amy of Cloth Habit.  Yes, I have a few lingerie patterns now, but a few points of difference with this one allowed me to talk myself into…

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“watercolour” floral lingerie set

27/07/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized48 Comments on “watercolour” floral lingerie set

Another lingerie set, and a new-to-me bra pattern.  This is pattern 2610 for a balconette style bra by makeBra, a Finnish lingerie pattern company.  The two pairs of matching knickers are my usual McCalls 2772. The watercolour fabric is from…

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Chocolate…

17/07/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized48 Comments on Chocolate…

… mm mmmmm, it looks just exactly like Bessie has had a giant big vat of melted chocolate poured all over her, yes? So, after I cut the pockets out of this delicious chocolate brown silk charmeuse for my suede…

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Lolly-pink lingerie set

22/05/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized19 Comments on Lolly-pink lingerie set

Fulfilling a need rather than a want, I made another lingerie set for myself.  It’s not speccie* but just a bread-and-butter everyday set, with a Tshirt bra and two pairs of matching plain undies.  The fabric is a strawberry pink…

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Nettie; by seven

30/04/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized46 Comments on Nettie; by seven

The very clever Heather of Closet Case Files has released another pattern, this one is a must-have basic, the bodysuit, available here.  Named Nettie, after the totally gorgeous Nettie of Sown Brooklyn. Of course, I say “must-have” and I didn’t…

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A pale set

31/10/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized128 Comments on A pale set

I’ve made another new set of lingerie…  fairly plain and simple and prosaic but that’s ok since plain, simple and prosaic are my middle names.  Three more of my middle names, that is.  I have lots of de facto middle…

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