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Bees on white cotton

15/08/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized29 Comments on Bees on white cotton

(to be sung to the tune of Knights in White Satin, of course  ðŸ˜‰  ) I was quite taken with the grub roses kbenco has been embroidering onto her knits, and was inspired to follow suit…  so for my latest…

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Red Riding Hood

13/08/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized23 Comments on Red Riding Hood

…along with requisite “wolf” hehehe. This is the latest in my attempts to make usable things out of things not being used…. I pulled out of my bag of toss-outs this oversized cotton cardigan along with another old Tshirt tossed…

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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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Lemons, lemons, lemons…

08/08/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized62 Comments on Lemons, lemons, lemons…

Like many households in Perth at the mo’ we have lemons.  Lots of lemons.  We are overloaded with lemons.  We have lemons coming out of our ears.  To say I have lemons on the brain is no exaggeration!! Last week…

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Sleeve

06/08/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized34 Comments on Sleeve

Tattoo-ed sleeves are a “fashion” trend just like anything else, and so hot right now!  (ergo, probably destined to be so not some day  ðŸ™‚  )  in the meantime I’ve made for myself a new Tshirt that is a nod to…

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A tee or three

04/08/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized28 Comments on A tee or three

I have made a few new Tshirts… I’ve noticed a few examples of mixing and matching different colour and/or width stripes in the one Tshirt, and decided to have a go at adding something like to my wardrobe; using up…

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Grey jersey set

01/08/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized33 Comments on Grey jersey set

I’ve made another lingerie set  ðŸ™‚ And I used this terrific bra pattern!   Kwik Sew 3300.  I browsed through the veeery few patterns there are on offer and chose this one as the cutest, and the closest in appearance…

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You are all so brilliant!!

31/07/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized7 Comments on You are all so brilliant!!

Woa, you are all so fabulously switched on and fashion-icon-savvy!!  hehe, might I just add; far more so than my husband, who had no idea  …   😉 Yes, of course, everyone was correct, I was Annie Hall.  My husband…

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