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Grey wool coat for Spring

19/07/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized29 Comments on Grey wool coat for Spring

I made myself a coat for spring, using McCalls 5525, view B and grey wool fabric, bought back in March on a whim.  So, it took some cutting magic to get this coat out of the small amount of wool…

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Noro baggy beanie

14/07/201021/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized5 Comments on Noro baggy beanie

So, here is the other baggy beanie I’ve made for this winter.  This is made using one ball of Noro Kuryon? I think?  I bought it a few months ago, and have lost the tag so colourway is unknown, sorry!……

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Little charcoal skirt

09/07/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized8 Comments on Little charcoal skirt

Today is the most miserable of days Perth has to offer; we’ve had tons of rain in the last 24 hours and it’s windy and stormy to boot.  Good news for the farmers, though, this rain has finally broken another…

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Aviation chic

07/07/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized10 Comments on Aviation chic

My outfit today has a sort of aviator/biker appeal about it.  I really love the Burberry fall 2010 collection like below, but I watered it down to suit my suburban not-very-high-fashion neighbourhood with its elderly population.  I’m not sure why…

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Evening outfit, inspired by Christian Lacroix

30/06/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized10 Comments on Evening outfit, inspired by Christian Lacroix

This is an outfit I made for evening wear a couple of years ago.  It’s been a wonderful one for when we have some winter function and the weather is really cold as I can pop on a thermal underneath…

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Cute patchwork skirt for a little girl

27/06/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized2 Comments on Cute patchwork skirt for a little girl

It is my youngest niece’s birthday tomorrow and I wanted to make her a frivolous and girly little skirt because she is luckily still little enough to love pretty dress-up clothes.  A dress I had made her for a previous…

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Spicey Rose chenille scarf

19/06/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized10 Comments on Spicey Rose chenille scarf

Here I’m in soccer Mum mode again… we lost… Not to worry, my scrummy scarf is to be talked about here today.  I’ve possibly worn this before on the blog but not mentioned anything about its province, so today it…

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Retroswirly tights

12/06/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized17 Comments on Retroswirly tights

So I made myself some tights!  What do you think?!  Pretty chuffed myself actually; self-drafted, and I did make up a paper pattern for next time although of course not all stretch fabrics are created equal and I think each…

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