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a pretty outfit (cielo and sixtine)

05/07/202003/09/2020 Carolynsewing7 Comments on a pretty outfit (cielo and sixtine)

So I made an oh-so pretty, fluttery, flower-strewn outfit of the most perfectly spring-worthy persuasion! but wait…  am I not currently still on the downwards slope to the dark dank pit of winter?  well yes, so we are just barely…

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crimson rosellas

24/06/202027/06/2020 Carolynfashion, sewing17 Comments on crimson rosellas

{Sooo, what’s going on?  It’s actually been well over a month since I made this dress, took these pictures and half wrote this whole post too so maybe I should say something about my absence.  Later. Meanwhile, over to 6-weeks-ago…

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knots and crosses

14/05/202015/05/2020 Carolynsewing13 Comments on knots and crosses

I made this crazy outfit!  I know; it doesn’t “look” too crazy.. but it is, because it was a super-fiddly process and took aaaaaages.  Not content with just using what was actually very nice fabric as is; I, of course,…

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pink Axis

29/04/202029/04/2020 Carolynsewing11 Comments on pink Axis

I absolutely love this, my new dress!! for several reasons, upon which I shall now proceed to wax lyrical… The pattern is the Axis dress by Papercut patterns… I’ve loved this pattern company for several years… for one thing their…

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blue Blair jacket

22/04/202022/04/2020 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized10 Comments on blue Blair jacket

Hello!  I made a new thing.  It’s sort of a jacket, sort of a coat.  What’s the difference between those two things anyway, I wonder?  I always thought a jacket was short, like maybe no longer than hip length max,…

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I sewed selflessly

21/04/202022/04/2020 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized4 Comments on I sewed selflessly

So, I sewed some stuff! Item A; a dress for Mum to wear to Cassie’s wedding… I started out with Burda style 09/2019; 109 because I thought the sleeve cuff really lovely; however I ran up a muslin – actually…

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paper-bag waist

15/04/202021/10/2020 Carolynsewing9 Comments on paper-bag waist

I’ve just made these ridiculously comfy trousers!  perfect for lounging around while you do your work-from-home thing in these newly strange and scary times.  I adore them unreservedly.  Well, it’s the paper-bag waist, have had a soft spot for them…

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Cassie’s wedding dress

06/04/202011/04/2020 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized39 Comments on Cassie’s wedding dress

Oh hey!  I made a dress for my daughter! it’s a rather special one actually…  😉 So where to begin…well of course I’m teasing; my darling girl recently married her man D and this is her wedding dress, that I…

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