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charcoal jade skirt

01/05/201601/05/2016 Carolynsewing23 Comments on charcoal jade skirt

I’ve made a new little mini skirt!  It looks sorta plain at first but it has an interesting folded front that makes it a little bit more exciting.  It’s comfy and easy, and I also think it’s pretty cute too:) Remember that…

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totally local, natural dyeing

28/04/201628/04/2016 CarolynUncategorized38 Comments on totally local, natural dyeing

Above: top row L to R; indigo, avocado skin, bracken, lower row L to R; coreopsis, chopped avocado pits, whole avocado pits Progress report.  I’ve been fiddling about with natural dyeing for my Totally Local outfit… this is the new name…

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Morgan boyfriend jeans

26/04/201626/04/2016 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized35 Comments on Morgan boyfriend jeans

I’ve made some boyfriend jeans!  Hehe, I actually made these aaaaaaaages ago! and have been dying for the pattern release, just so I can wear them more often.  They’re so comfy and easy to wear,  they’re my current favourites.  …

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the year of handmade, 2

24/04/201624/04/2016 Carolynfashion13 Comments on the year of handmade, 2

above; a few of les outfits de handmade from this month.  The whole lot can be seen here So, my second month of wearing exclusively head-to-toe handmade clothing is up… how’s it going?  well, still ticking along … 🙂 As predicted; clothes…

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black derbys, and some tights

19/04/201625/05/2016 Carolynsewing, shoes38 Comments on black derbys, and some tights

Hello! We’re Carolyn’s feet; don’t know if we’ve been introduced yet, but hi there!!  We’re here today to model some more shoes that she’s made… *sigh* yep, we’ve managed to avoid too much of her self-made nonsense for years and years…

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Martha goes Impressionist

17/04/201617/04/2016 Carolynsewing43 Comments on Martha goes Impressionist

I’ve made a new dress for Cassie! does’t she look swish and smart and ultra-glam?  Well, I reckon so  🙂 Pattern; the Martha dress, from Tilly and the Buttons.  I was recently contacted by Joanne from Tilly and the Buttons and…

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grey gardens

15/04/201615/04/2016 Carolynsewing50 Comments on grey gardens

I’ve made a new dress… a sweet little autumn dress.    It’s  a quiet dress, and demurely plain in colour; which really throws up the details of the design into the spotlight.  The colour fits in with my current clothes-making criteria; to have…

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Magdalena Dusk; an Alabama Chanin project

09/04/201616/05/2017 Carolynsewing77 Comments on Magdalena Dusk; an Alabama Chanin project

Finally! my Alabama Chanin outfit! It’s finished, and now done and dusted!  Yay!  I may look all cool, calm and collected on the outside here but on the inside I’m cheering like a madman. Phew. This project has been quite an undertaking……

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