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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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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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terracotta axel skirt

04/05/201704/05/2017 Carolynsewing22 Comments on terracotta axel skirt

Hey!  I’ve made this new skirt.  Actually I’ve made lots of new things lately and just haven’t yet blogged them… oops!  Getting onto that, asap!  Hehe, actually a good thing about me-made May is that it kinda forces me to blog as yet unblogged…

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gingham Kalle dress

19/04/201719/04/2017 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized38 Comments on gingham Kalle dress

My new dress!  Hehe, seems like I’ve got new stuff coming out every day lately but actually this is not new at all! really, it’s months and months old!!  but it is new to my blog here.  And the pattern is brand new to…

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