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Keeping the lace pure and undarted in a fitted skirt

20/11/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized28 Comments on Keeping the lace pure and undarted in a fitted skirt

My lace design has regular repeating rows of curlicues, scrolls and flower motifs that I felt would have been spoiled by waist shaping darts; also the lace fabric is quite thick and darts would not have sat nice and flat…

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All laced up with nowhere to go

18/11/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized67 Comments on All laced up with nowhere to go

I’m joking… of course I’ve got lots of nice places to go  ðŸ™‚ I’ve made a lace skirt. My very luvverly, very perceptive friends again gave me a Fabulous Fabrics voucher for my birthday.  Ohhh, they know me so well…

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A Public Service Announcement

16/11/201218/05/2018 CarolynUncategorized20 Comments on A Public Service Announcement

We interrupt our normal blogging schedule to bring you an important public service health announcement… Please read carefully.  This information could save lives. Recent clinical trials have shown that daily ingestion of one (1) lime macaron with lime curd filling…

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A pretty little thing

14/11/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized26 Comments on A pretty little thing

Cassie made a top. I know, yes; it really does say handmade by me at the top of this blog and I did not make this lovely, but wait; there is a logical explanation… I am posting it here mostly to…

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You little ripper

12/11/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized32 Comments on You little ripper

Recognise this thing?  ðŸ˜€ And something else looks familiar too… oh that’s right, I have shown this dress here before already.  But there has been a small but significant alteration…  can you spot it? No? I wore this dress for…

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Kitchen witch

10/11/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized29 Comments on Kitchen witch

Some kitchen couture!! With all the gorgeous aprons popping up in the sewing blogging world at the mo’ I thought I should show why I did not take part in the big sew-along this time… you see; I have a…

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Thank you

10/11/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized22 Comments on Thank you

I just wanted to say a very big thank you for all those kind comments … I read them all with so much pleasure and felt very much supported and loved by everyone.  You are all so lovely! It is…

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feeling blue

09/11/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized121 Comments on feeling blue

I took this photo during our holiday on Rotto but never put it in with the other travel wardrobe photos… the blue skirt was appearing too often.  But I still think it’s a nice photo so I decided to post…

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