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trench coat inspired cape jacket

25/02/202426/02/2024 Carolynsewing5 Comments on trench coat inspired cape jacket

I made this cool new little jacket/cape/abbreviated trench coat thing!  I don’t know how else to describe it really! This is the new Delma pattern by Fibremood; it’s a very wide, yet very cropped little jacket, with trench inspired details…

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tie dyed lingerie, and bikkies

10/02/2024 CarolynsewingLeave a Comment on tie dyed lingerie, and bikkies

Hello!  I’m back with a few new things… I had a length of raspberry cotton jersey that’s lovely quality and I wanted to make a new set of lingerie with it, but I somehow felt it boring just as it…

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leftovers baby jacket and beanie

27/01/2024 Carolynknitting4 Comments on leftovers baby jacket and beanie

Hello!  Long time no see!  Well, actually it hasn’t been that long, but you know… I’ve been making lots, but not really much that’s blog-able.  Lots of trials and tests of our new pattern, which should be coming up pretty…

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2023; a retrospective

31/12/202301/01/2024 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized10 Comments on 2023; a retrospective

Hello!  It’s the last day of 2023, and I’m feeling miraculously motivated to look back upon my year of making, and see what I made, how it worked out and generally do a bit of retrospective musing on the things…

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Christmas dress! hot choccy treats and some cute little kiddie things

28/12/2023 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized2 Comments on Christmas dress! hot choccy treats and some cute little kiddie things

I’ve made some new things… … including a new Christmas Day dress for myself… the latest subtraction from ye good old stash.  So this new dress was made with a piece of lovely border print stuff bought in the closing…

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check it out…

20/12/2023 Carolynsewing6 Comments on check it out…

I bought this beautiful, slightly crinkly linen gingham from Japan a few years ago, during our last visit there and it was always intended to be a Vogue 2900… I frequently jump and haa about a particular fabric and which…

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an assortment of sewn things

11/12/2023 Carolynsewing6 Comments on an assortment of sewn things

hello!  Once again I am presenting an odd assortment of disparate things made recently… Items 1 and 2; two completely identical new Booragoon tops.  Both from a pink cotton jersey from stash, originally Spotlight from ages ago.  I’m wearing one…

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Lainey’s wedding dress

02/12/202303/12/2023 Carolynsewing6 Comments on Lainey’s wedding dress

Hello!  It’s been such a long time since I mentioned it no doubt everyone has forgotten; but at the beginning of this year I made a wedding dress for my daughter-in-law Lainey! It was quite a journey!  first we went…

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