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Year: 2022

oxen

13/11/2022 CarolynUncategorizedLeave a Comment on oxen

How cute is this multicoloured “oxen” print?  I saw it on Spoonflower and immediately fell in love.  I bought a little of the cotton sateen last year.  Or maybe even the year before?  Yes, it has indeed been in the…

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I crocheted a hat!

11/11/202211/11/2022 Carolynknitting, Uncategorized2 Comments on I crocheted a hat!

… and it’s been a long time in the making too! I originally bought this raffia in Okadaya in Shinjuku, and subsequently this pattern book in a newsagent in the Kanazawa train station, back in 2019, pictured in this post…

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pink and blue magnolias

02/11/202208/11/2022 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized2 Comments on pink and blue magnolias

Hello!   Here is another little sundress I made more recently actually… just in late July if I recall correctly.  I was so excited and getting ready for spring and it seemed like the perfect little spring-time thing… little did…

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green

27/10/202226/10/2022 CarolynUncategorized1 Comment on green

I made this little green sundress back in February, and have worn it quite a lot!  It’s very comfortable and easy to wear… the design is my very own.  I’ve made this before in ochre linen, pictured and blogged here;…

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the Maldives; a travel wardrobe

26/10/202224/12/2022 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized4 Comments on the Maldives; a travel wardrobe

phew! it’s been aaaaaages since I did one of these! or it feels like it anyway!  We’d originally booked this holiday back in 2019, to be taken in 2020; and well, we all know what happened in 2020!  Covid, in…

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ivory Nicks tunic top

22/10/2022 Carolynsewing3 Comments on ivory Nicks tunic top

I made a pretty new top… isn’t it gorgeous?  It’s a slight different style that I might usually go for, and I absolutely love it!  So elegantly feminine and floaty and chic. This is the new Nicks pattern by Closet…

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a suedette skirt

14/10/202222/10/2022 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized2 Comments on a suedette skirt

I made another Booragoon skirt for myself; partly so I could film it and make a kinda helpful – I hope! – youtube video to illustrate some of the more difficult parts of the construction process.  I appreciate this is…

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pink Yoga Girl

09/10/202210/10/2022 CarolynUncategorized1 Comment on pink Yoga Girl

Hello! So I don’t often wear hot pink but I am really feeling this one!  I’ve been traditionally told I should NOT wear this colour, like EVER; and what’s more I’ve always agreed, and yet… somehow… here I am.  I…

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