tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24471401764824239582024-03-13T07:04:22.403+00:00Scenes from the Sewing RoomCharlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17819472166081973455noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447140176482423958.post-13911423843385453302018-07-22T07:48:00.001+01:002018-07-23T15:58:27.419+01:00Easy Breezy Charlie Caftan<div dir="ltr">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is my lovely new Charlie Caftan from Closet Case Patterns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It usually takes at least a few months for me to start liking something I've made but I love this straight off the machine! As Heather Lou says, <u>i</u>t really is caftantastic!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The drafting is excellent, especially that centre panel. I thought it would be horrible to sew with a drapey fabric but it went absolutely fine - everything lined up so perfectly. The blog post about setting it in also made it much easier. My corners aren't perfect but they're good enough for me, and on such a busy fabric it's barely noticeable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I couldn't for the life me get my top stitching right on the v neck so instead I hand basted it before sewing it down with a running stitch in cream embroidery floss. I like it so much after I'd done it that I did the same the centre panel too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">For reference this is a straight size 14 (I measure B - 40, W - 33 and H - 43). I went for the 14 rather than 16 because I have narrow shoulders but I probably should have graded out to a 16 at the hip. I mean it's still roomy but an extra inch or two added to the back panel would make it perfect [EDIT: Having worn this out in the wild, I don't think I do need the extra room, it was perfect as is]. I also took 5 inches off the bottom (out of necessity rather than preference) but I quite like the length. I'm 5'4" for reference.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I also raised the underarm seam by 2.5" as I wanted to wear it as a dress rather than a cover up and I was showing rather a lot of skin with the larger armholes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I will definitely be making another one soon. I do quite fancy View A with the pleats so watch this space!</span></div>
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Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17819472166081973455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447140176482423958.post-66102362199931360652018-07-20T15:44:00.000+01:002018-07-23T15:59:02.955+01:00Microblogging and Me: A Resurrection <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've recently regained some of my sewing mojo and I've decided to breathe some life into the old blog at the same time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I've never been good at keeping this blog up to date so I've come up with a plan to help me be more consistent in my posts. The plan is to use my Instagram captions as mini-blog posts for the time being and see how it goes from there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So why post on here at all if I'm just going to be using the same stuff as on insta? There are two main reasons really:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">1) I like to do pattern research by looking at other people's blogs and I almost always search for examples of finished garments that have been made in my size and in a specific fabric. Instagram's search function doesn't really work for that purpose and I want people to be able find my pattern reviews and fitting noes for their own research. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">2) I find insta captions much easier to write than full blog posts. I can do it on the go and there's a bit less pressure to get it perfect which will enable me to post a little more frequently (I hope!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So that's the plan. Let's see how it goes shall we!</span><br />
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P.S <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">My Instagram username is @scenesfromthesewingroom if you'd like to follow me on there! </span><br />
<br />Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17819472166081973455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447140176482423958.post-2779840857527660372017-02-05T17:35:00.000+00:002017-02-05T17:35:27.572+00:00#2017MakeNineI have a confession. <br />
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I have not made even half of the projects I set out to do last year. I found myself, as I often do, completely overwhelmed by the ever-growing number of ideas on my sewing to-do list.<br />
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It's like I know I want to sew something but the number of choices I need to make first (pattern, fabric, fabrics!?, trims, thread, embellishments, alterations, variations, etc) prevent me from starting at all. <br />
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Evidently, I need a more structured plan. If only someone had left a handy time-bound, planning relating hashtag lying around…. <br />
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Oh hello there #2017MakeNine! It’s better joining in late than never, right? I figure the public hashtag will help keep me accountable and the list will give me a bit more of a plan to follow than usual. <br />
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So here's my #2017MakeNine. There are some which have an obvious order to them and some which I can use as small palette cleansers between big sews. <br />
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2. SKIRT SLOPER <br />
3. WRAP DRESS<br />
4. SEW OVER IT ANDERSON BLOUSE<br />
5. JEANS<br />
6. SEWING MACHINE COVER <br />
7. BRA <br />
8. TOP FOR WORK<br />
9. MORROCAN TILE PRINT ANNA DRESS</blockquote><br />
Let’s see how this goes!<br />
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Charlotte xCharlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17819472166081973455noreply@blogger.com0Sheffield, UK53.381128999999987 -1.4700850000000453.078144999999985 -2.11553200000004 53.684112999999989 -0.82463800000004006tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447140176482423958.post-17775588239751063032016-09-06T12:55:00.001+01:002016-09-06T12:55:58.185+01:00I'm on bloglovin! <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/18228831/?claim=pf8tv7py3ar">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17819472166081973455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447140176482423958.post-67242884730735379252016-04-29T18:00:00.000+01:002017-02-05T18:22:58.534+00:00Kommatia Going Out Dress I’d never heard of Kommatia Patterns before I read about them on Fiona’s blog, Diary of a Chain-stitcher. I've been reading Fiona's blog for ages now and she really does have great taste in patterns so I thought I’d better check them out!<br />
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Kommatia is run by Jess and her patterns are all cool modern designs that would be great to make for when you’re going out out. There are lots of 80s inspired batwings, slouchy jumper dresses, bodycons and leggings.<br />
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I wasn’t intending on buying a pattern but I saw this one and decided I had to have it. I had the perfect jersey in my stash from my recent trip to Abakhan in Manchester (which a whole other blog post! Needless to say I was like a child in a sweet shop). <br />
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The jersey itself is a lightweight poly blend with an amazing large scale geometric colour block pattern and the surface is foiled with tiny bits of gold. It was on clearance too so I got a metre and half for about £3! Bargain! <br />
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I made some alterations to the pattern before I cut it out by taking out of inch of length between the bust and waist and adding it back in between the waist and hip. I usually have to do something like this because I have a very short torso and quite long legs (for my height anyway!). However with this pattern I could have easily left the inch in at the top for a slightly more blouson effect. It is pretty short though so I’m grateful for the extra inch I added there. <br />
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When I started cutting out I found that there was a large black mark in the middle of the fabric so I had to avoid that while cutting out. I didn’t have quite enough fabric so I really had to squeeze pattern pieces at much as I could. To aid my pattern tetris I cut the wrist section of the sleeve separately to reduce some of the pattern width and seamed it back onto the sleeve during construction which worked pretty well.<br />
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The pattern instructions were pretty clear too which was good and the pattern came together relatively well. The one thing I don't really like is the way the top is joined to the skirt because it results in a rather wavy seam which I think looks untidy. If I make this again I’d gather the top onto the skirt instead of stretching the skirt to fit the top (which is what the instructions specified). I’d also probably add a full waistband to the pattern rather than the external elastic casing as I think it would help with the waist seam issues.<br />
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I did really like the application of the clear elastic around the neckline though and I’ve since used clear elastic in a few other projects for stabilising knit seams. <br />
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Overall though I really like this dress… I wore this on a night out in Leeds and felt pretty damn cool. What more can you ask of your clothes really? <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I made a couple of pairs of Giselles a little while ago and have been meaning to make some more for ages. They're ridiculously comfortable, with just the right amount of coverage. And don't get me started on the ruching in the back, it really is just the icing on the cake. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For my first pair I made a size L in black stretch mesh with lace overlays and burgundy elastic. The second iteration had deep green satin in the front and sheer stretch lace in the back. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The third pair are something else entirely. I used black and lilac galloon lace for the front and back, making a feature of the scallop edges. The width of the lace was perfect too - just the right width to leave a little peek-a-boo V in the centre back. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I cut a medium this time round which helps the lace to hug the body in the absence of leg and and waist elastic. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The pattern actually has the back cut in one piece but, because I wanted to preserve the scallops, I cut it in two pieces and seamed up the back. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I added the ruching elastic to the centre back seam allowance to help keep the edges of that lovely, peek-a-boo V taut. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I finished the back waist and front leg openings with fold over elastic which is really soft against he skin. The gusset is lined with black cotton jersey for even more comfort. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I just squeezed this pair out of a scant yard of lace from </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">eBay.com seller rongwei5516 which I bought for just over a quid. I</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> have a pretty big stash of stretch galloon lace from them (how could I resist at that price?) so I think there will be few more pairs of these sexy-comfy pants in my very near future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What do you think to these Giselles? Do you like my pattern hack? And have you ever used OhhhLulu patterns?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17819472166081973455noreply@blogger.com2Cardiff, Cardiff, UK51.481581000000013 -3.179089999999973851.323433500000014 -3.5018134999999737 51.639728500000011 -2.8563664999999738tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447140176482423958.post-92159665256734695482016-04-05T16:13:00.000+01:002018-07-23T16:25:19.183+01:00Coasters<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Back in July, I moved to Cardiff for a job and found myself living on my own for the first time in my life. After my family and I had cleaned, moved all my stuff in and done the obligatory Dunelm Mills shopping trip for home accessories there was still one thing missing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'd bought some lovely placemats from Dunelm but they had sold out of the matching coasters and I hadn't found any others that I liked in the shops. I vaguely remembered pinning a coaster tutorial or two on my <a href="https://www.pinterest.co.uk/charlotteboul/sewing-small-projects/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: white;">Sewing: Small Projects</span></a> Pinterest board and I have pretty fat quarters coming out my ears so I decided to make some myself.</span></span><br />
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for quilted coasters from A Pretty Cool Life but with a couple of
small adjustments. One to make the wrong side a bit neater and one to
reduce bulk at the edges.</span></span><br />
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the tutorial each quilted square is sewn separately and tied off at the
back. I didn't really fancy tying all those fiddly knots so I did the
quilting in one continuous line of stitching (SEE PIC) and then just had
the two ends to tie off. I then threaded the ends through a needle and
buried them in the middle of the coaster so they're no loose ends on either side, yay!.</span> </span>
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</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The tutorial also had you iron on the batting all the way to the edge. I decided to do it to the edge of the coaster rather than the fabric (as above) to reduce bulk at the edges.</span>
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really pleased with how these turned out and I might just have to make a
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</span> <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17819472166081973455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447140176482423958.post-7992623788673188042016-02-16T16:10:00.000+00:002018-07-23T16:26:48.318+01:00Berlin T-Shirt<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is the first thing I made after perfecting my bodice sloper. And for my first foray into pattern drafting I can say that is pretty good. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The fit is spot on and I've worn it so many times since I made it! The fabric choice really helps here as it's so comfy and soft and goes with so much of my wardrobe AND it had subtle sparkles 😍 </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The actual pattern is pretty straight forward. It's a darted, kimono sleeved, T-shirt with side and back seam shaping made interesting by the slit in the front and raw edged neck binding. I used [book] to draft the pattern from my sloper and I used this tutorial [link] to make the placket in the front. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The binding is probably by favourite part. I sewed the binding (a strip of self-fabric jersey) to the inside of the T-shirt neckline and folded it to the outside to cover the seam allowances and stitched it down leaving the edge of the binding raw. I stretched it a bit so it rolled back on itself and just love how it looks. For the sleeve hems I folded the edge to the outside rather than in and tacked in down in 4 places to give a turn-up effect. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All in all it was really productive day. I cut out my new </span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/247975748/batwing-long-sleeves-dress-with-cross?ref=shop_home_listings" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kommatia dress pattern</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and made my usual alterations to the pattern by shortening the bodice between the waist and bust and then adding the length back in between the waist and hip. I have some great sparkly geometric jersey from Abakhan for this dress - I can’t wait to get it cut out!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I’ve was also very impressed with how well my machine coped with all the layers. The only part where it started to struggle was where the straps attached to the bag. There are about 14 layers there and 12 of them are pretty thick (the outer fabric, interlining and leather). In the end I switched to a finer needle instead of the heavy duty one that I had been using and after that there were no more skipped stitches, go machine! </span></span></div>
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</b>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17819472166081973455noreply@blogger.com0Cardiff, Cardiff, UK51.481581000000013 -3.179089999999973851.323433500000014 -3.5018134999999737 51.639728500000011 -2.8563664999999738tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447140176482423958.post-6458872725016007522015-10-01T09:00:00.000+01:002016-02-12T09:22:48.298+00:00Past Project Posts: An Introduction<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">One of my main motivations for starting a blog was to document my sewing projects for the slightly vain reason of being able to look back through my posts and see myself getting better. With that in mind, I've decided to post my previous projects under the label Past Project Posts.<br /><br />My memory is like a sieve so instead of trying to remember what I want to post about I'm going to get together a list of all the past projects I want to write about here so I don't forget.<br /><br />Now to the important part, the list! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pink and Yellow Phone Holder </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pink and Yellow Napkitten Purse </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Faux Leather Purse </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pencil Case Pattern </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Headphones Holder </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Loyalty Card Holders </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sunglasses Case </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Emily's Poppy Skirt </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Vampire Dresses </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Pink Polka Dot Dress </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Stripy Interlock Dress </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Rose Print Cotton Lawn Dress </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Viscose Dress </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Beth's Birthday Dress </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Black Circular Skirt </span></li>
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I'll probably add to this list as I go along (I'm bound to have forgotten something!) and add links to the posts as I complete them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><br /></span>Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17819472166081973455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447140176482423958.post-5290541455500545942015-09-20T10:25:00.000+01:002016-04-21T12:40:33.186+01:00Setting the Scene<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Welcome to Scenes from the Sewing Room, a blog all about my sewing adventures! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There'll be posts about the sewing projects I'm working on along with the odd tutorial roundup, interspersed with my other crafty home projects. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There'll probably be other themes that crop up as I go (I love a good tangent) and I think the direction will be quite fluid as time moves on. So, if you enjoy sewing, crafts and creative projects (with a few surprises thrown in) then jump right in.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Let's get started shall we?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Charlotte </span><br />
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