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New (not) khaki leggings

02/09/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized34 Comments on New (not) khaki leggings

Hello  ðŸ™‚ I’m still renovating my wardrobe… and can I just say, beige leggings, hmmm.  (shudder) I’d taken a hearty dislike to mine over recent weeks.  But they still had some wear in them.  Wasteth not, wanteth not.  It was really…

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Bright roses, tops n tights

08/07/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized39 Comments on Bright roses, tops n tights

Y’ello  ðŸ™‚ I’ve been making stoof.  Please bear with me while my photo-taking catches up… Firstly, my new top of stretchy cotton sateen.  I must be dreaming of spring already, I think! This is a stash-busting success story.  I fell…

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Paprika tights; 6 different ways

05/07/201319/06/2016 CarolynUncategorized32 Comments on Paprika tights; 6 different ways

Hmmm, a better name for these posts would be 6 different outfits, since there’s only one “way” you can wear most things, and particularly something like a pair of tights!  Oh well, I’ve been using this title for too long…

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Black tights and striped Tshirt

29/05/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized42 Comments on Black tights and striped Tshirt

So yesterday I mentioned I would need some black tights to see me through winter… well I made some, tout de suite.  Nothing like striking while the iron is hot!  I used some lovely fine-knit black merino wool fabric, bought from…

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Paprika legs

28/05/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized31 Comments on Paprika legs

I have made some new tights! and now I have paprika legs.  You know, paprika, the hot n’ spicy stuff. I like the idea of hot spicy legs  ðŸ˜‰  you see, my initial impulse was to go with “oompa loompa” legs,…

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Spiral leggings

10/08/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized43 Comments on Spiral leggings

From my first flick-through the book I always knew this project was a must-make… the spiral leggings on p 52 of Pattern Magic 3, by Tomoko Nakamichi. The design is, like so many in the Pattern Magic series, excessively cool.…

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Scrumpled leggings

19/08/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized16 Comments on Scrumpled leggings

Ta da!  Scrumpled leggings!  You like?  I do! And I think they fit in very nicely with my current seasonal aim of dressing to suit the natural colours and textures of my environment… I know this is not a new…

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A leopard print daughter…

05/08/201115/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized23 Comments on A leopard print daughter…

We bought enough of this gorgeous leopard print stretchy stuff in lovely caramels and warm golden brown shades to make this little Cat-girl set; Cassie made the Tshirt herself, drafting her own design based on a Tshirt she already has and…

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