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Month: December 2015

2015; a retrospective

31/12/201508/08/2016 CarolynUncategorized50 Comments on 2015; a retrospective

The last day of the year! now for some riveting (haha) navel-gazing upon the creation and wearing of my clothing.  Kicking off with my favourite outfit pictures from each month. January February March April May June July  August September October November December  SO: What have I…

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3 hoodies

27/12/201527/12/2015 Carolynsewing28 Comments on 3 hoodies

In other Christmas “making” I also made hoodies for my three menfolk; Craig, and for Tim and Sam.  For the last few years I’ve made summer shirts for them, but this year I wanted to do something different.  And all…

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a bevy of beanies

25/12/201526/12/2018 Carolynknitting10 Comments on a bevy of beanies

A bounty of beanies!  Buckets of beanies!  Beanies galore!  Beanies beanies beanies!  Beanies! Beeeeeeeeanies… So, I might have beanies on the freaking brain lately.  I’ve been on a beanie making bendahhh!  A beanie-a-thon.  Makin’ some beanehhhhs!  Yeah..   And I got my recent new man-about-the-house,…

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Christmas mignardises

20/12/201524/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized16 Comments on Christmas mignardises

  So, every year I make something small to give to close friends and family for Christmas, sometimes a Christmas ornament, sometimes a sweet treat to eat.   This year, I decided on eatables; mini Christmas-pudding mignardises.  Cute, non? The idea and the details are…

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a Japanese indigo dress

18/12/201531/12/2015 Carolynsewing41 Comments on a Japanese indigo dress

 I’ve made another Yoshimi dress  🙂 Pattern: Vogue 2900.  This pattern will always be in my head the “Yoshimi dress” since her versions are all very inspiring to me, and as well, the lovely Yoshimi herself personally recommended it for me, so there…

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palest grey/green set

12/12/201516/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized23 Comments on palest grey/green set

A new lingerie set… Patterns; bra is the Watson, by cloth habit; the longline version, and the ultra-cute knickers; which appear superficially like ginormous granny-knickers on the flat but seriously, they’re adorable on! are Tanga, a free pattern downloadable from…

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jingle bells

07/12/201506/01/2016 CarolynUncategorized33 Comments on jingle bells

Yes, my new shirtdress literally does have bells on it.  The gold buttons are mini jingle bells, the type you put on cutesie wootsie Christmas decorations.  Whimsical and impractical although many of my sewing/knitting choices may be though, jingle-bells are…

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