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an exciting need for maternity gear!

15/08/2020 Carolynsewing15 Comments on an exciting need for maternity gear!

so, I have some very exciting news!  I’m going to be a granny again!  Well of course I’m already a granny to darling little Arthur, but I am going to be granny to TWO.  That’s cause for celebration, I think!…

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I made a turquoise skirt

01/08/202010/08/2020 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized6 Comments on I made a turquoise skirt

Enough said! Well actually, I guess I can say a little more… so I bought this turquoise denim in New York City during my holiday in the United States with Yoshimi last year…. and who could have guessed how much…

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adding the almighty pocket

05/07/2020 Carolynsewing, tutorial2 Comments on adding the almighty pocket

So, recently I’ve been on a bit of a pocket binge.  You see, one has a phone which has rapidly become the ruler of one’s Life, and one has decided that this little autocrat needs to be on one’s person…

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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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