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My red robe I fashion with decorative design (10)

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I believe the answer is:

embroidery

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'decorative design' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'my red robe i fashion' is the wordplay.
'fashion' indicates anagramming the letters.
'my'+'red'+'robe'+'i'='myredrobei'
'myredrobei' is an anagram of 'EMBROIDERY'.

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for embroidery that I've seen before include "Creative sewing" , "Decorative needlework" , "The art of sewing patterns" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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