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I went to a wedding reception this evening, wearing a dress I made out of a pair of curtains from the charity. Incidentally, it features a circle skirt as featured in this week's challenge.
It's hardly perfect but I love it, and I love the fact that it's made of curtains. I am more Scarlett O'Hara than Maria Von Trapp.

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Comment by margueritedesigns on April 23, 2012 at 1:43am

It's great - it looks really 'high end'!  Are you in the middle of Manchester in that photo?  The arched brickwork looks like you might be...

Comment by Stefania P on April 23, 2012 at 1:47am

Thanks and well spotted! The reception was indeed on Deansgate Locks.

Comment by margueritedesigns on April 23, 2012 at 3:40am

Thought so - my dad used to work at the Press Association on Deansgate before they revamped it all and I often used to meet him at work - I think that red brick is in my soul!

Comment by Stefania P on April 23, 2012 at 12:08pm

That is brilliant! I have lived in Manchester for seven years and it is the first time anyone associates the area with anything other than nightlife! And Dads are the best :)

Comment by margueritedesigns on April 23, 2012 at 12:48pm

I grew up in Manchester and left when I was 21 - before they developed the city.  Although I loved it as it was, I am also extremely proud of what's happened to the city since, makes me proud to be an (ex) Mancunian!  

Comment by Stefania P on April 24, 2012 at 11:08am

I moved to Preston in 2002, and then Manchester in 2005. I thought I was leaving for good this time last year, and ended up coming back after 6 weeks. It wasn't my decision but it turned out to be for the best. I have worked very hard but Manchester has been so very good to me in return.  I am proud to be an adopted Mancunian! I even speak with an accent described as "a Mancunian twang with an Italian lilt".

Comment by margueritedesigns on April 24, 2012 at 2:06pm

That's funny because I have just started to learn Italian - maybe I'll end up with 'an Italian twang with a Mancunian lilt! 

Comment by Stefania P on April 24, 2012 at 2:12pm

That would be perfetto! :)

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