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Gemini

19/06/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized40 Comments on Gemini

Gemini, the twins.   Of course my boys are not twins obviously, they are separated by several years and have one sister in between them too.  But they are both Geminis!  That picture cracks me up btw… so brotherly…  ðŸ˜€…

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Navy stripes

13/06/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized53 Comments on Navy stripes

It was Sam’s birthday a few days back and I made a shirt for him.  The fabric is from Spotlight, a medium-weight cotton twill in a heavy cream colour with navy blue stripes.  Ahem, stripes again, I know; but hey.  It’s…

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White Christmas; Craig’s Christmas shirt

27/12/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized21 Comments on White Christmas; Craig’s Christmas shirt

I made a shirt for Craig for Christmas too; and used er, hehehe; Burda 7767 again!  I bought some very nice white cotton broadcloth from Spotlight; and the buttons are also from Spotlight. Actually, this shirt is a response to…

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Stripey Sam; Sam’s Christmas shirt

26/12/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized30 Comments on Stripey Sam; Sam’s Christmas shirt

Next up; Sam! and I made a shirt for his Christmas pressie too.  Ohhhh yes, I have been a very very busy bee lately! I used Burda 7767, and blue and white striped fabric from the Fabric Store, Melbourne…  bought during…

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Chocolate with a little zing; Tim’s Christmas shirt

25/12/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized23 Comments on Chocolate with a little zing; Tim’s Christmas shirt

I made a shirt for our eldest son for a Christmas pressie… using Burda 7767 (surprise!!) and some lovely deeply sludgy, purply-chocolate linen bought from the Fabric Store in Melbourne during our September visit there, and I found the perfect…

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Looking sharp! Craig’s birthday shirt

22/12/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized61 Comments on Looking sharp! Craig’s birthday shirt

It is my husband’s birthday, and I have made a shirt for him! I used my favourite my only! men’s shirt pattern Burda 7767, adjusted for a perfect custom fit; and a gorgeously high quality, striped shirting cotton from Tessuti’s in Melbourne,…

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Cement worker

21/11/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized41 Comments on Cement worker

I made a shirt for Dad’s birthday  ðŸ™‚ I used Burda 7767 custom-fit to his size that I fine-tuned with last year’s shirt, and a fine-grade linen from Spotlight in a shade called “cement”.  Very appropriate for a man like my…

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Craig’s shirt

30/12/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized20 Comments on Craig’s shirt

The penultimate shirt, for now…  (and I am definitely thinking of something different to make for my boys next year!) This particular shirt, another Burda 7767, was made using shot cotton in True Cobalt, and is a Christmas present for…

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