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may the fourth be with you

International Star Wars Day, hehe  :)So, here I'm on my way out for a day of shopping, including a visit to Spotlight to check out the $5 patterns.  I bought one.  Very restrained, I thought.  Yeah....

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not-so-new

Hello, from the both of us.I wanted to wear this little white linen top but none of my skirts felt very inspiring so I randomly threw it on over this dress.  And discovered that the lower band of the...

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blue, with cardigan

Looking at this picture, I've just realised that my outfit is vaguely early 50's, a la "A Place to Call Home"; with my long-skirted, waisted dress, a little cardigan and oxford-style shoes.   Ha!  A...

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paper doll project

1st-6th May(I've pledged to wear only clothes handmade by me this year and to sketch my daily outfits in my Fashionary.  I'm calling this the paper doll project)from left:sand Tshirt, ivory curtaining...

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neutrals

Yesterday I met up with my usual group of friends for morning tea, and today I met up with another group of different friends for another morning tea!  It's been gorgeous; a delightfully sociable start...

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charcoal, with red legs

Whoarr!  It's such a wild and stormy day here in Perth today!We had buckets of rain overnight, and now it's blowing a gale.  Sienna and I got caught in a shower this morning, and had to shelter under a...

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ivory, with swirly legs

Maybe because I have no imagination, or maybe because it is about this time in the challenge that I start to get a bit restless with the whole thing... I randomly decided to wear basically the same...

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my sewing/creative space

Today's photo mini-challenge is your sewing/creative space, and even though I did try to think of some creative and interesting way of interpreting the challenge I failed, sorry, and have just had to...

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Beluga knitted gloves

I have knitted some gloves!I used an pattern from the same knitting booklet I use for my hand-knitted socks; the Patons Knitting Book C11, a little pamphlet dating from the early 60's.  The only change...

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wheat dress, grey coat

Saturday...  We were going out later and I had decided early on to wear this ensemble.  Rather than wear something so-so 'n sloppy for the first part of the day and getting changed into the smart 'n...

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Mother's Day

Hello! and wishing a very happy Mother's Day to all yummy mummies out there!  Here's to waking up to cute offspring-y kisses, a hot cup of tea and a lovingly hand-crafted card this morning  :)min 11C,...

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I am a bit upset

Shelly has kindly notified me that there is a blogger out there completely ripping off my work; including my sewing creations, my words, my pictures and even my image! and claiming it all as their own...

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Cancer, the sign of the crab

I have made a new dress.And here I am wearing it to scramble about on the rocks, just like a, er, crab....?.....?well, it's a tenuous little link!!I made it using a new-to-me pattern Vogue 1317.  I...

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Blue on blue on blue...

The front-on view of a garment is the conventional, possibly the only acceptable way we are expected to show our outfits.  The Comme des Garcons A/W 2012 show, with a report by Tim Blanks, provided a...

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knots and leopard

Further to the subject uppermost in my mind lately; badmomgoodmom left a link in a comment to her post on the theft of content in blogging, an extremely interesting article, well-researched, thorough...

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charcoal and ivory

One thing I always, but always get out of me-made months is that I have loads of clothes.... loads.  It's slightly embarrassing.   I start out the month pep-talking to myself firmly that I am just...

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hat

The mini-photo challenge in MMM for today is Hat...  so ta-taaa!Horrible indecision in front of my wardrobe this morning.  I have made several hats, but nothing seemed right with this outfit that I...

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weekend

Saturday.  Was really not feeling it today, and I think it shows.  Did not give a toss if I looked nice today or not.  Really didn't.  Scraping motivation from the bottom of the barrel.  I guess we all...

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grey stripes, ivory and pink

Monday, Monday.  Sorry for the dreary photo.  The light seemed quite bright at the time, but I think my camera was more enthralled with catching the contrasting beauty of fluffy grey cotton wool clouds...

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grey, grey and grey

Wednesday: and I'm getting pretty tired of taking a photo of myself every day for me-made May, but it's not long to go now.  She says through gritted teeth.  Oh look I know, self-inflicted and all...

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