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Month: December 2018

2018; a retrospective

31/12/201831/12/2018 Carolynfashion, sewing, Uncategorized27 Comments on 2018; a retrospective

Ah, it’s the 31st December, when I look back over of my year of making and wearing and do a little analysis… to kick off, some of my favourite pictures/outfits, one for each month.  Several of these pictures are not…

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a knitting advent-ure

29/12/201829/12/2018 Carolynknitting, Uncategorized24 Comments on a knitting advent-ure

I’ve knitted a magical, rainbow, unicorn of a jumper/sweater! But, what is this, Carolyn??  I didn’t know you were into magical rainbow unicorns?!  Well, of course there is indeed a story behind this… my little “troll” progress keeper was my…

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rope market bag

27/12/201827/12/2018 Carolyncrafty stuff, sewing7 Comments on rope market bag

< So this is embarrassing… I made this bag in October… last year!  It has sat up in my laundry, only awaiting the handles; and the following draft post has been sitting forlornly in my drafts folder ALL THAT TIME.…

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the bumper Christmas edition

26/12/201801/02/2019 Carolyncrafty stuff, sewing10 Comments on the bumper Christmas edition

So, every Christmas I like to make a small mountain of stuff for my loved ones; this year was a smaller mountain than previously, mostly because I embarked upon a sorta epic making-adventure of a more selfish variety, ahem ……

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grey 3/4 length trousers; 6 different ways

14/12/201814/12/2018 Carolynfashion14 Comments on grey 3/4 length trousers; 6 different ways

So, I made these cropped trousers last year, using the Closet Case Patterns Sasha trousers pattern, and a khaki/grey stretch gabardine from Fabulous Fabrics; and they have been heavily worn over the past year, so heavily in fact that they have…

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