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Christmas prep

24/12/202430/12/2024 Carolyncrafty stuff, sewing2 Comments on Christmas prep

Hello, Christmas makes!!  To be honest though my output is quite modest this year, I haven’t gone overboard with the making of Christmas gifts unlike previous years.   Just a few little things… I’d mostly made this black felt bunny…

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(almost) zero waste jacket…

05/12/2021 Carolynsewing12 Comments on (almost) zero waste jacket…

Hello!   I’ve made a new thing… an “almost” zero waste jacket.  I’m pretty proud of this fact!  Ok, to be totally honest; I didn’t set out to make an almost zero waste jacket; I actually just set out to…

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gingham!! carrot cake!!

29/11/202129/11/2021 Carolynsewing2 Comments on gingham!! carrot cake!!

Hello!   I made a fun new frock… I received 2m of this gorgeous blue gingham from Minerva; it’s very light and floaty and so I decided to make a little sun frock. I spent several hours laying different patterns…

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I made a really nice coat

22/11/2021 Carolynsewing3 Comments on I made a really nice coat

I’ve made a new coat, and I really love it!  I’ve been seeing some oversized, over-long coats here and there, not in the flesh I mean since where I live we really do lag behind just a leetle bit fashion-wise,…

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a bumblebee cake

17/10/2021 Carolyncrafty stuff5 Comments on a bumblebee cake

I know I don’t do baking posts here very often, but I actually make a lot of cakes! and if I get to decorate them in a exuberantly fun way like this one then I will be tempted to write…

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mini Lamington petit fours, and baby birds

24/12/201724/12/2017 Carolyncrafty stuff42 Comments on mini Lamington petit fours, and baby birds

scaling Mt Lamington… Before the onslaught of sewn Christmas gifts, and, I’m sorry, but there’s a LOT to share… here is a rare appearance of some baked Christmas gifts!  We kind of have a no-gift policy  within our extended families…

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Christmas mignardises

20/12/201524/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized16 Comments on Christmas mignardises

  So, every year I make something small to give to close friends and family for Christmas, sometimes a Christmas ornament, sometimes a sweet treat to eat.   This year, I decided on eatables; mini Christmas-pudding mignardises.  Cute, non? The idea and the details are…

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