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The forgotten fashionista: June 2013
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Sunday, 16 June 2013. Teaching at Chalkle. Flops and successes. But the ladies I have met! Fantastic people with so many skills! That has been the best of all. This is a small town, and you kind of think you know everyone, and then you meet people with such interesting hobbies. I have lugged my suitcase full of things I have attempted from Pinterest to the classes each Friday, and now things that have been made by others are coming through. Sadly, the last week, all I could show them was a bunch of flops.
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The forgotten fashionista: March 2014
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Thursday, 20 March 2014. Really good reasons why sewing is good for you. Our lives have changed so much since I was little. I think my mother made all my clothes apart from my shoes and socks! We did have some rather special store bought. When I was about ten I started playing with the sewing machine and before very long was making clothes of my own. I remember a cute little shift dress with orange ,black and white fabric and puffed sleeves, which I made as a school project. So very seventies! The more y...
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The forgotten fashionista: Look who came for breakfast
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Thursday, 13 March 2014. Look who came for breakfast. It's amazing what 'normal' is considered to be in different parts of the world. While here in South Africa, all sorts of things which were one normal for me, are now, in my eyes, completely strange. On the way home, walking past the rubbish dump, and along the 12 foot electric fence, I saw them. Monkeys! A whole troupe of them. I haven't seen monkeys for a long time. The family group. I love the babies. Little fella peering through the leaves at me.
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The forgotten fashionista: THE BUTTON GOBLIN
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Saturday, 12 April 2014. I'm nearly finished sewing. I'm nearly at the end. Then things will start to go wrong! It drives me round the bend! The garment is just perfect,. I've really taken care,. All trimmed and pressed and lovely,. But I've looked everywhere. Where is that flipping button? I only need one more. I know I had the right number. When I bought them at the store. I've checked all round the table. I've searched all round the floor. I am going crazy. I can't take it any more! Mr Sew and Sew als...
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The forgotten fashionista: Who on earth sews on a HOLIDAY?
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Friday, 14 March 2014. Who on earth sews on a HOLIDAY? My mother's lovely old Necchi sewing machine. I am always making something. Actually most of the stuff I make isn't for me at all. Something I am trying to remedy! I have arrived at my parents house in the past, and been faced with a large roll of furnishing fabric, and a lounge suite. Dark Brown. Kinda velvety. Not my favourite but it was very forgiving fabric and I managed to do a good job with my mothers old Necchi sewing machine. So, this time, s...
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The forgotten fashionista: May 2013
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Thursday, 30 May 2013. As you take the normal opportunities of your daily life and create something of beauty and helpfulness,. You improve not only the world around you but also the world within you". Dieter F. Uchtdorf. Tomorrow I will be holding my first Chalkle class, and its going to be about my obsession, Pinterest. And yes, I know it can be a HUGE time waster! Life can get pretty tedious at times, work, eat ,sleep, and repeat the process. Lets try to break the cycle, and have a little fun! With bi...
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The forgotten fashionista: April 2013
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Monday, 29 April 2013. I have a fascination with the number 27.Why on earth 27? A few years ago, I discovered Flylady. Then I revert to the messy person again. Flylady got me thinking in a totally different way, and although I don't follow her advice all the time now, a lot of things have stuck forever, and I'm happy about that. One of her tasks that one should do is The 27-Fling Boogie. Http:/ www.flylady.net/d/getting-started/flying-lessons/decluttering-15-minutes/. Feng Shui Hope Activators:. This wee...
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The forgotten fashionista: February 2014
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Friday, 28 February 2014. Its been a long, long time. Life has many twists and turns, and the past year was probably the most arduous one our family has ever encountered, and thankfully I am now on a (fairly) straight road as our lovely daughter has now recovered well from surgery etc. I am so thankful for the wonderful health system in New Zealand. So, blogging took a back seat for a while. But now I feel as if its a good time to get going again! From the Hadida bird, a brown ibis which is so common her...
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The forgotten fashionista: January 2016
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Sunday, 10 January 2016. I've been away for a while. 2014 and 2015 were pretty horrible years for me. Lots of reasons, but mainly because I live far away from my family and my father was ill, so I spent quite a bit of time travelling to the other side of the world to help out. For this reason, my blogging post had to take a back seat for quite a while, but, hopefully the start of 2016 will bring a renewed. And I will get my life back on track. I hear you say. Well, this is what I think about. However, kn...
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