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Style Statements…

26/08/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized12 Comments on Style Statements…

Personal style blogs, anyone?  Personally, I adore personal style blogs. I just love to look at clothing choices, how people interpret and use fashion, and am fascinated by the ability of clothes to express one’s personality somehow.  People-watching is such…

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Bluey/pink loopy scarf

25/08/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized7 Comments on Bluey/pink loopy scarf

I’ve made quite a lot of these loopy scarves, here and here are two of them… this is the one I made for Mum’s birthday a few years back.  She looks lovely in this group of blues and purply pinks,…

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New use for a hole-y old top

24/08/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized4 Comments on New use for a hole-y old top

Another re-fashioning project has been completed… yay… This pure wool top is a pretty shade of pink but had developed some nasty big holes over summer storage.  I continued to wear it as a thermal for a while, with its…

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Going for the full skirt look

23/08/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized5 Comments on Going for the full skirt look

I went through my wardrobe this weekend, to determine how easy it was going to be to fulfill my own personal Self-Stitched September challenge of “all handmade with no double-ups”.  I learnt some things; firstly, thirty outfits is a LOT…

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Pink lace dress

21/08/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized16 Comments on Pink lace dress

I’ve made a new dress for spring, but I’ve persuaded Bessie to model it for today… because I’ve started to think about Self-Stitched September coming up where I’ll be documenting my handmade daily outfits everyday (hope that’s not going to…

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Moebius strip, in wearable form

20/08/201019/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized11 Comments on Moebius strip, in wearable form

Oh, I finished a new scarf.  Or cowl, more accurately.  A ginormous cowl.  I finished it a coupla weeks back and put it in one of my photos yesterday, in the outfit that seemed to have been the most popular…

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Leopard twin-set; 6 different ways

19/08/201021/12/2016 CarolynUncategorized15 Comments on Leopard twin-set; 6 different ways

  I haven’t done one of these for a while and I just felt like doing another one, thanks to my enthusiasm for my new leopard print twinset! I foresee the future usefulness and versatility of this twin-set is in…

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Cross-stitch initial cushions

18/08/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized6 Comments on Cross-stitch initial cushions

These are some cushions I embroidered with my parents’ initials a few years ago (hehe, when I was into cross-stitch a while back…)  and sewed up the cushion covers with some gathered broderie anglaise edging.  I think on the backs…

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