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Month: December 2021

#use12 capsule wardrobe

30/12/202131/12/2021 Carolynfashion, sewing, shoes6 Comments on #use12 capsule wardrobe

Ta da!  IT IS DONE… I can finally present, in entirety, my #make12, or #use12, capsule wardrobe… yes, that funny little project I’ve been chipping away at all year… hurray!  Phoar!  I cannot be more thrilled with this funny little…

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a yellow Perth top and some teal clogs (shoes)

30/12/202130/12/2021 Carolynsewing, shoes1 Comment on a yellow Perth top and some teal clogs (shoes)

Hello!  I’ve made a couple more items for my #use12 mini capsule wardrobe that I proposed for myself at the beginning of the year, in fact the last two items! So I’m essentially finished!  Apart from a big mix-y/match-y dress…

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some more stuff…

29/12/2021 Carolynsewing1 Comment on some more stuff…

just a few more things! I’m trying to get everything that I’ve made this year, also blogged this year, and so far there have been a few things that have fallen through the cracks! I made another romper for Theo…

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baby swing for Theo

28/12/202101/01/2022 CarolynsewingLeave a Comment on baby swing for Theo

… and the last Christmas present I made this year was a baby swing for Theo. I’d made one for Arthur last year and it’s been a big hit; he loves sitting in it and being pushed, for quite lengthy…

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Arthur’s backpack

27/12/2021 CarolynUncategorized1 Comment on Arthur’s backpack

I also made a back pack for Arthur, for Christmas … I’ve made this pattern a couple of times before, for my own children, and Tim particularly loved his backpack when he was tiny.  He wore it all the time…

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a very dapper bunny

26/12/2021 Carolynsewing5 Comments on a very dapper bunny

Hello!  phew!  well after an absolute whirlwind Christmas is just gone, whoosh, just like that…  This year I made a small collection of gifts for my grandsons, including this rather dapper young buck for Arthur!   I used the book…

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Yallingup, with sleeves!

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Hello!   Just a quick post today… for those of you who wished our Yallingup pattern had sleeves, well Cassie has designed one!  We’ve made it available as a free add-on to the pattern currently in the shop… if you’ve…

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(almost) zero waste jacket…

05/12/2021 Carolynsewing12 Comments on (almost) zero waste jacket…

Hello!   I’ve made a new thing… an “almost” zero waste jacket.  I’m pretty proud of this fact!  Ok, to be totally honest; I didn’t set out to make an almost zero waste jacket; I actually just set out to…

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