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lurid green skirt

30/04/201515/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized36 Comments on lurid green skirt

A delightful morning tea with Sue and Megan this morning seemed like a good opportunity to crack out my new skirt for its maiden voyage.  And we were meeting in Kings Park which is one of Perth’s most beautiful parks,…

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two sea change tops and a little blue skirt

16/04/201522/09/2017 CarolynUncategorized38 Comments on two sea change tops and a little blue skirt

I absolutely adored the new Lily Sage & Co Sea Change top when Debbie debuted it on instagram and rushed with unseemly haste to sign up when she called for testers.  My love has not diminished upon making up a…

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purple skirt, with “tulip” pockets

09/03/201515/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized44 Comments on purple skirt, with “tulip” pockets

I’ve made a new skirt.  This new skirt is un-noteworthy except that I gave it some rather unusual little side pockets.  They sit down at the hem, inserted in off-set side seams.  They’re not very big pockets, just a nice…

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High-waisted apricot skirt

20/02/201515/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized63 Comments on High-waisted apricot skirt

I’ve made a new skirt; a high-waisted, knee-length straight skirt, with a self-belt, long double belt loops and in-seam arrow welt pockets.  This is skirt 114 from the Solo in White collection from Burda style magazine 04/2014.  I’ve waxed lyrical…

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Cassie’s Christmas ensemble

29/12/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized44 Comments on Cassie’s Christmas ensemble

So, this year I asked Cassie what she would like for Christmas and she replied without hesitation, a long, white skirt. Alrighty then! I bought both fabrics at my local Spotlight; I considered buying Melbourne fabric like I did for…

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a ladylike skirt

31/10/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized34 Comments on a ladylike skirt

I have lots of “little” skirts, but it’s nice to have some longer, looser, wider skirts too.  To be more refined, relaxed, ladylike and elegant, and less, er, whatever I was before.  This pattern is Burdastyle 02/2014, 106, and delivers the required…

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pink

17/09/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized24 Comments on pink

I’ve rejigged these strawberry pink jeans into a skirt.  I made the jeans two years ago using an Au Bonheur des petites mains pattern courtesy of shams, thank you shams!  There’s lots of things I liked about the jeans; they…

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Mum’s Alabama Chanin skirt

02/08/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized61 Comments on Mum’s Alabama Chanin skirt

I am so glad that Mum brought around her finished Alabama Chanin skirt for me to ooh and ah over; and has allowed me to photograph her wearing it and to show it here on my blog too… thank you…

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