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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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Lucy Heartfilia

02/04/201613/04/2016 Carolynsewing20 Comments on Lucy Heartfilia

Who is this??  I barely recognise my daughter in her fabulous cosplay outfit!  For ComicCon this year, Cassie decided she wanted to go as Lucy Heartfilia, from Fairy Tail; the anime/manga conceived by Hiro Mashima.  And she has been busy busy…

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sheeplefeet

31/03/201601/04/2016 Carolynsewing, shoes13 Comments on sheeplefeet

Baa-aa-aa! So, I was thinking of calling these Uggspadrilles.  You know… uggs? espadrilles?  Haha. YeeeeeeeeaNo. Anyway.  I’m fulfilling a need for some slop-around-the-house winter footwear.  All winter, I usually LIVE in my sheepskin ugg boots at home.  I wanted, nay, needed something like…

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paprika suede desert boots

29/03/201629/03/2016 Carolynsewing, shoes, Uncategorized83 Comments on paprika suede desert boots

I’ve made some boots!  or kind of like, shoe-boots, really.  Desert boots. Ok, I have to be honest; I’m so proud of these I think I might just explode with happiness!!!  Finally, a pair of winter shoes in which I…

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better black shoes

22/03/201623/03/2016 Carolynsewing, shoes25 Comments on better black shoes

So, black Oxford shoes, mark 2.  This version was made with the help of my beautiful new lasts!  Or I guess I should say, old lasts?  ha. Design, my own, based upon a classic Oxford shoe style.  My tutorial on…

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