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handprinted socks and hand warmers

14/04/2022 CarolynUncategorized3 Comments on handprinted socks and hand warmers

I’ve knitted a new pair of socks and matching hand warmers for myself… aren’t they beautiful? Yoshimi sent a handprinted sock blank to me for my birthday last year, and I got onto it straight away!  I’ve never seen or…

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pretty pink and lace simone

05/04/202206/04/2022 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized6 Comments on pretty pink and lace simone

Here’s something I made recently… a rather lovely, if I say so myself – slip dress that I feel is perhaps almost too pretty to even wear! This is the new Simone slip dress pattern by Closet Core patterns, I…

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millennial holiday

30/03/202230/03/2022 Carolynsewing4 Comments on millennial holiday

I made a new dress for myself.. using this super cute cotton … it’s called Millennial Holiday, which I have to confess gave me a real laugh!  But isn’t it beautiful.. those happy, sunny and joyful colours, gorgeous girls wandering…

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butterflies

10/03/202213/03/2022 Carolynsewing2 Comments on butterflies

I made this exceptionally pretty – I think! – new lingerie set… Cassie bought this beautiful kit for me for Christmas last year; it’s stunningly lovely, with black bits and pieces; and a really lovely minty-coloured tulle embroidered with iridescent…

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a fabulous Mr Fox

08/03/202208/03/2022 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized6 Comments on a fabulous Mr Fox

Hello !  I’ve just finished making this cute little fox for Theo. And he has a nice little outfit too.  A reversible waistcoat and a pair of smart trousers, no less.   Quite dapper little chappy, no?   I was…

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hand drawn check

03/03/2022 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized4 Comments on hand drawn check

Isn’t this fabric totally gorgeous?!!  I love it so much!  I still have a huge affinity to pink, despite that I’m not “supposed” to wear it, whatever that means.. well, if it makes you happy!  And this little group of…

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brown

16/02/202217/02/2022 Carolynsewing8 Comments on brown

Yes, it is still extremely hot here.  And I am dying a little bit in these photos.  But what can I say?  I found all of these coordinating fabrics in my stash -mostly leftovers! – and each one was the…

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nani Iro Encounter dress

11/02/2022 Carolynsewing4 Comments on nani Iro Encounter dress

Hello!  I’ve made a new rather beachy little dress! I bought this beautiful fabric over two years ago, the last time we were in Japan and Yoshimi took us to her favourite craft store; Yuzawaya in Kichijoji, it’s quite close…

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