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a bevy of beauties

28/12/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized28 Comments on a bevy of beauties

I can now share the fruits of my Christmas shirt-making bendah!!  Old news? oh well… I made four shirts recently.  Yes, four! *phew* all since I returned home from Melbourne.  I know.  Sheer insanity.  I has it. Actually I did…

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fun with gingerbread

25/12/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized19 Comments on fun with gingerbread

*sings* Have yourself a very gingerbread-y Christmas… Gingerbread!  Gingerbread madness  ðŸ™‚ I love the stuff but I pretty much never make it.  Until I do and then it seems like I become temporarily obsessed and will make a lot, maybe…

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travel wardrobe; Melbourne

14/12/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized24 Comments on travel wardrobe; Melbourne

Aah, I’ve been away! on a short but most delightfully fun girlie jaunt to Melbourne with my mother and my daughter. I have about a zillion photos of mind-blowingly beautiful clothing, some of which I will share here very soon  ðŸ™‚  And a bunch…

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Watson lingerie set in sand cotton jersey

07/12/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized20 Comments on Watson lingerie set in sand cotton jersey

I just could not resist buying Watson, the new lingerie pattern designed by Amy of Cloth Habit.  Yes, I have a few lingerie patterns now, but a few points of difference with this one allowed me to talk myself into…

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Oriental Bird

04/12/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized52 Comments on Oriental Bird

I was tempted to call this my other Swedish dress, since I bought this fabric in Stockholm as one of my wearable souvenirs from our Scandinavian holiday, but actually the fabric is English!  I bought it in Svenkst Tenn but…

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floral bathers

01/12/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized52 Comments on floral bathers

Bathers! Pattern; old fave McCalls 2772, with the halter neck bikini top modified to be a tankini. Fabric; one-way stretch from Fabulous Fabrics.  I just randomly fancied floral this year.  I was immediately attracted to the clarity of the print,…

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nani IRO blouse

28/11/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized37 Comments on nani IRO blouse

I’ve made a new top.  It is a plain little top, but to my eyes the lovely thing about it is the fabric; a beautifully soft cotton gauze, and the charming hand-painted look to its print. A short story… About a month…

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a natty little nightie

16/11/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized28 Comments on a natty little nightie

This was a need.   A very desperate need. My lovely, fluffy, cosy, snuggly warm winter PJ’s are rapidly becoming unbearably so, meaning… IT’S SUMMER NIGHTIE TIME!!!!   I wanted the “IT’S CLOBBERING TIME!!” font for that bit there, but…

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