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By the lake

10/02/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized6 Comments on By the lake

Today the sky is grey and white; the sun is veiled behind an impenetrable smudgy mattress and there’s a cool sharp tang in the air; such a relief after a hot few days.  For those of us who like photography;…

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Inspired by nature; gold and aqua

30/01/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized3 Comments on Inspired by nature; gold and aqua

At this time of year the sky is this intense ultramarine blue and the grasses are dryly yellowing until they are crackling underfoot, as always the landscape is everlastingly fascinating.  Nature has a perfection in her colour palette that is daily an…

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Bleached crinkly cotton

19/01/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized3 Comments on Bleached crinkly cotton

I was on the verge of throwing this skirt out, or re-fashioning it (I am getting so into this re-fashioning it’s not funny, I think it’s becoming an obsession with me) because I ripped it the last time I wore…

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Wardrobe Refashion, project 1

08/01/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized13 Comments on Wardrobe Refashion, project 1

My daughter had an old puff skirt.  Three problems: 1, the zip had broken, 2, she now hated it, and 3, most importantly, it was a puff skirt.  A puff skirt.  The type that if you wore now you would…

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Dad’s birthday present

26/11/200915/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized1 Comment on Dad’s birthday present

I’ve resolved to include in this blog more pictures of projects in the making; however my latest project had to be kept a secret as my Dad reads this blog!  I chose this coloured wool for a scarf for him…

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