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Vogue 8555; a pattern review

27/12/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized14 Comments on Vogue 8555; a pattern review

(shamefaced) I took some more photos of the dress; inside because the ones Craig took on Christmas Day were a tad blustery.  Yeees, don’t know if you can tell or not but I was being windblasted about mercilessly and those…

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Merry Christmas!

25/12/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized14 Comments on Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, all!  Wishing you a wonderfully happy and peaceful day together with your families and friends! Details:  Dress; Vogue 8555, with a bodice front of my own design, and added petticoat and waist tie,  printed cotton Shoes; Sandler, had for many…

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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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New life for an old polo Tshirt

23/12/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized25 Comments on New life for an old polo Tshirt

Dipping into the ol’ bag of toss-outs I took out an old polo Tshirt of my husband’s.  He never wears it anymore, but the fabric is quite OK if not super duper beautiful or anything…  It is made of a…

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Summer armour II

22/12/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized10 Comments on Summer armour II

Who said I’m a colourless dresser?  Sometimes I do don brights.  And when one has made the decision to go cheerful, well one may as well go overboard, no?  Well, to fully compensate for all the neutral days in between,…

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Summer armour

21/12/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized11 Comments on Summer armour

The summer solstice is today, isn’t it?  I think so.  Astrologically the day in which the sun reaches it’s southernmost point, and so the longest day of the year… And am feeling the lethargy that starts to set in with…

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Topkids? little tartan dress

20/12/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized11 Comments on Topkids? little tartan dress

Another blast from the past… This is a picture of our niece at her first birthday party wearing a dress that I had made for her for the occasion; I hasten to mention that she is now 21 years old…

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Flat out

18/12/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized9 Comments on Flat out

Ahhh, delightful albeit exhausting day… Up early for a long walk with my good friend S; but on a low note, I was saying goodbye to her as she is heading back home to NZ.  I’m very sad to see her…

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