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Wardrobe Refashion, project 2

15/01/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized23 Comments on Wardrobe Refashion, project 2

For my second Wardrobe Refashion project I took the scissors to some three quarter pants that I’ve had for about two or three years.  They’ve been good pants and I loved them when I first bought them, but over time…

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Heather purple dress, part 1

14/01/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized2 Comments on Heather purple dress, part 1

I have been sewing like mad over the past few weeks, what with the kids on holidays and I’ve got a break from my office work as we’re in the process of switching over computer systems, and I’ve nearly finished…

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Cool neutrals

11/01/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized4 Comments on Cool neutrals

(Can I just start by saying that I looked back over a few of my old comments and people have written such kind and uplifting comments; thankyou all so much!  Especially about my daughter’s ballgown, yes I am so proud…

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Felted table runner

10/01/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized3 Comments on Felted table runner

A few years ago my friend L, who’s enormously artistic and creative gathered a few like-minded souls about for a felting workshop.  We all met at D’s house, loaded with buckets, soap and bubble wrap and launched into an extremely…

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Brown dress saved

06/01/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized3 Comments on Brown dress saved

OK.  I have to confess that I took this dress out of my reject pile yesterday with every intention of cutting it up for refashioning.  Firstly I put it on for the before photo.  I paused.  Looked at it again.…

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Happy New Year!

01/01/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized5 Comments on Happy New Year!

New Year’s Day is a time to reflect on your life over the past year and to dream up a few resolutions as to how to do it better next year…  Hmm, well apart from the usual suspects; get fit,…

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Heat Wave

29/12/200915/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized1 Comment on Heat Wave

It’s just about trying to stay cool today.  Really.  Hair in a messy bun and as light clothing as possible. We saw Avatar with Sam Worthington in the lead role last night (cinema packed with people trying to get out…

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Merry Christmas!

25/12/200915/12/2015 CarolynUncategorizedLeave a Comment on Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all! Got up at the crack of dawn to pop a 6kg turkey in the oven, followed by prezzie exchange, off to the beach, then the family descended on us for lunch!  Phew! Was given a new…

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