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Dressing for a road trip

24/12/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized6 Comments on Dressing for a road trip

What to wear for a very long hot drive down into the country; joining the entire clan for a massive Christmas celebration en famille…?  Exhibit A. Comfortable. Cool. But vaguely halfway stylish and not tooooo casual; for the dropping off…

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What were we wearing in the early nineties?

30/11/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized11 Comments on What were we wearing in the early nineties?

I am wearing here an outfit I wore to death.  I mean the outfit’s death, not mine, obviously… This photo is marked in my album “4 1/2 months”, which is the age of our eldest son who I am adoring…

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The makeshift project

27/11/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized7 Comments on The makeshift project

Oh, I am in a much better mood today since my family turned up here last night… I swear I was getting a minor case of …something mental… here all by my lonesome and carrying on one-sided conversations with the…

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Bored…

25/11/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized13 Comments on Bored…

Yah, so I must be bored with the same old same old blogger poses… though I’m probably not going to be attempting this one too frequently…  could be the collective subconscious of all those teenage souls inhabiting the general environs…

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The lull before the storm

23/11/201021/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized10 Comments on The lull before the storm

My title is not referring to the weather, but the fact that I am down here in Dunsborough again, “minding” the beach-house during leavers week.  Yah, the town is expecting thousands of teenagers to rock up any minute now and…

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On getting maximum mileage from your patterns

04/11/201021/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized9 Comments on On getting maximum mileage from your patterns

For the third day in a row, shorts; sorry.   BUT has anyone noticed, this is also the third day in a row I have showcased these same two patterns for shorts and top?  Just to show how different a garment…

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The weakness for ivory lace continues

03/11/201021/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized14 Comments on The weakness for ivory lace continues

Hehe, in order to avoid falling into a rut and boring you with repeat photos of the beach I’m making an effort to seek out new locations, variety is the spice of life, so they say.  Thus, the toasty tones…

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Thankfully fashionable new shorts

02/11/201021/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized9 Comments on Thankfully fashionable new shorts

After I had finished my greige corduroy jeans I had a bit of leftover fabric, not much but too much to throw away… and it didn’t take long for me to haul out a shorts pattern…  I totally love this…

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