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chilli-red paprika jade skirt

14/06/201714/06/2017 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized14 Comments on chilli-red paprika jade skirt

Oh hello, fellow needle-wielders! Recently I decided I wanted, nay needed, a new colourful Jade mini-skirt; since my purple one was tragically taken too soon… *a minute’s silence, please* … Well, ta da! I’d gone back to Knitwit in search…

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…getting a Brazilian…

04/06/201706/06/2017 Carolynsewing28 Comments on …getting a Brazilian…

Olá! Soooo, I mentioned my brother’s BIG birthday? well to go with it he had a BIG birthday bash! with a Brazilian theme.  I stupidly procrastinated about my costume, ended up going shopping for fabric the day before the party and…

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a shirt for David and a dress for Cassie

02/06/201724/06/2017 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized36 Comments on a shirt for David and a dress for Cassie

hey bro! Woooh!  I’m so excited to finally hand this over!  My brother has had/is having a big BIG birthday… and my sister-in-law made the brilliant suggestion that he would like a shirt made by me for his birthday.  Well,…

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named maisa denim jean jacket

30/05/201731/05/2017 Carolynsewing54 Comments on named maisa denim jean jacket

O hey! What am I doing? not much, just hanging around in my new jean jacket that until very recently was actually a few pairs of ancient old jeans!!!  OHYEAH! A jeans-to-jean-jacket project has been a long-term “thing” in my little bucket list of refashions…

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purple-y Jade mini skirt, 6 different ways

26/05/201726/05/2017 Carolynfashion, Uncategorized28 Comments on purple-y Jade mini skirt, 6 different ways

During another of my sometimes brutal wardrobe clean outs, I parted ways with this little purple skirt… I have to admit it was a little gut-wrenching to get rid of this one because it had only been in existence for…

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deep teal, suedette dove blouse

23/05/201723/05/2017 Carolynsewing31 Comments on deep teal, suedette dove blouse

Hey! I’ve made a new blouse.  It’s the Dove blouse by Megan Nielsen patterns, in an lightweight but warm, faux suede from Spotlight.  So, the recommended fabrics for this pattern are shirt-weight stuff like voile and crepe de chine and chambray and linen… not…

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a little bit of haute couture…

20/05/201722/05/2017 Carolynsewing28 Comments on a little bit of haute couture…

…haha, just kidding.  I’ve made some winter jammies for myself. I bought this lovely, cosy, fluffy cotton flannelette from Spotlight months ago, actually during their 40% off everything sale in the height of summer, you know; when it’s so hot the thought…

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golden brown

10/05/201723/05/2017 Carolynsewing67 Comments on golden brown

hello!  I’ve made this new blouse…  I was having trouble thinking of a way to describe the colour, since the only thing coming to my mind was those white puffball fungi that upon “puffing” send forth a little cloud of smelly spores that…

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