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Tag: McCalls 2772

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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floral bathers

01/12/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized52 Comments on floral bathers

Bathers! Pattern; old fave McCalls 2772, with the halter neck bikini top modified to be a tankini. Fabric; one-way stretch from Fabulous Fabrics.  I just randomly fancied floral this year.  I was immediately attracted to the clarity of the print,…

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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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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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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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Scorpio

26/10/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized38 Comments on Scorpio

… the sign of the scorpion. Scorpio was always going to be the difficult one.  I literally had zero idea what to do, right up until about last week.  Googling scorpion images I did see some rather cool designs for scorpion tattoos…

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Blue marle jersey and creamy lace set

27/01/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized45 Comments on Blue marle jersey and creamy lace set

I’m very happy with this latest set, I just feel like I am getting happier with each one! The bra is made using KwikSew 3300 (my review of this pattern here), the undies with lace across the top are my…

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