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Red Riding Hood

13/08/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized23 Comments on Red Riding Hood

…along with requisite “wolf” hehehe. This is the latest in my attempts to make usable things out of things not being used…. I pulled out of my bag of toss-outs this oversized cotton cardigan along with another old Tshirt tossed…

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Sleeve

06/08/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized34 Comments on Sleeve

Tattoo-ed sleeves are a “fashion” trend just like anything else, and so hot right now!  (ergo, probably destined to be so not some day  ðŸ™‚  )  in the meantime I’ve made for myself a new Tshirt that is a nod to…

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A tee or three

04/08/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized28 Comments on A tee or three

I have made a few new Tshirts… I’ve noticed a few examples of mixing and matching different colour and/or width stripes in the one Tshirt, and decided to have a go at adding something like to my wardrobe; using up…

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You are all so brilliant!!

31/07/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized7 Comments on You are all so brilliant!!

Woa, you are all so fabulously switched on and fashion-icon-savvy!!  hehe, might I just add; far more so than my husband, who had no idea  …   😉 Yes, of course, everyone was correct, I was Annie Hall.  My husband…

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New-Old Hoodie

27/07/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized44 Comments on New-Old Hoodie

There is something exhilarating about transforming textiles otherwise destined for the ragbag into something fabulous … enter exhibit A: the new/old deconstructed hoodie that I have made for myself.  I was inspired by a really cute little thing that Cassie…

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A Velvet-y Dress

14/07/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized51 Comments on A Velvet-y Dress

I desired to make for myself something quick and easy and selfishly frivolous…   and a Tshirt dress is very quick and easy, yes?  The fabric, a stretchy panne velvet from Fabulous Fabrics, is very lush; smooth and slippery and glides over the skin,…

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Raincoat the Second

09/07/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized46 Comments on Raincoat the Second

Ta da!  please allow me to present the raincoat that I have made for Cassie. It is made using the same self-drafted pattern I used for my own raincoat, with just a few minor fitting adjustments.  All the details are…

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Smalls

06/07/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized37 Comments on Smalls

Hehe, I was thinking of calling this post “My First Bra”, but apart from making it sound like the breathless diary entry of a sweet young teen  (ahem) I have actually made two bras before; both years and years (and…

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