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Sam’s quilt

19/07/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized18 Comments on Sam’s quilt

An ongoing part of this blog is the documentation of stuff I have handmade in the past, including the small collection of quilts I have made for my family.  I have shown here before Tim’s quilt and Cassie quilt, now…

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Cassie’s quilt

23/05/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized7 Comments on Cassie’s quilt

“Now here’s one I made earlier”… I think this is might be the next thing in my chronological documentation of my creations.  And luckily another one that is still used and loved on a daily basis.  I’ll have to admit…

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Introducing Mum…

14/05/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized35 Comments on Introducing Mum…

I will say straight out this amazingly beautiful ensemble is not made by me but by my Mum here.  I had to put a picture of it here, because I couldn’t resist; Mum will never ever get herself a blog…

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Cathedral window cushion

10/05/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized11 Comments on Cathedral window cushion

This is a cushion cover I made for my mother a few years ago. Actually more than a few. I think it was for a mother’s day … oh btw, Happy Mother’s Day for last Sunday to all you yummy…

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Tim’s quilt

10/01/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized9 Comments on Tim’s quilt

I’m a bit embarrassed putting a picture of this up here now, because it’s quite old and worn now and has really seen better days, but that is the nature of quilts, right?  That they are supposed to age gracefully…

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Green quilt

29/11/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized7 Comments on Green quilt

Sometimes I forget that I set out to document all my handmade stuff here.  Including the old stuff. This is a quilt I made a few years ago.  The fabrics are all green based, and all “floral” in the sense they…

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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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Sunday picnic in the shade of the gum trees

01/02/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized4 Comments on Sunday picnic in the shade of the gum trees

Yesterday was such a nice cool change from this awful heat wave, we packed up a light picnic lunch and headed out to Kings Park.  In the shade of the gum trees, we munched on smoked salmon and salad on…

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