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a buffalo plaid jacket and a little blue skirt

04/09/202608/09/2026 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized3 Comments on a buffalo plaid jacket and a little blue skirt

I’ve made a few more things to wear this winter/early spring…. Firstly, a delightfully warm jacket.  I bought this buffalo plaid fabric from the remnants table in KnitWit quite a few years ago and hadn’t really known what to do…

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a patchwork pinafore and some other things

14/08/2026 Carolynsewing3 Comments on a patchwork pinafore and some other things

hello!  I’m back with a few further “things I have made” …. 1) Finished only yesterday is this new patchwork pinafore….  Mum bought a little bundle of Irish tweed cut-offs during a visit to the UK years ago. I admit…

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a special lace dress

11/10/2025 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized5 Comments on a special lace dress

hello!  Recently my lovely niece J married her long-time man and so of course I had to make a new dress for myself for the occasion…  I was vaguely toying with the idea of shopping for fabric before I remembered…

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charcoal Sienna jacket

16/08/2025 Carolynsewing3 Comments on charcoal Sienna jacket

hello! I’ve made another Sienna jacket, yes, hot on the heels of the last one.  I realise this is a weird thing to do but I’m well known for doing weird things so it’s just the norm at this point.…

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pink Sienna jacket

01/08/2025 Carolynsewing4 Comments on pink Sienna jacket

hello!  I’ve made a chic (I hope) new jacket… and in such a pretty colour, I’m completely in love.  Guava pink?  Strawberry icecream pink? Sherbie pink?  Coral? Ham pink?  haha.  Whichever, I really adore it and feel like it’s one…

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some new things…

09/05/202509/05/2025 Carolynsewing, shoes2 Comments on some new things…

hello!  I’ve made some new things recently… firstly, some new winter pyjamas. 🙂 I used my usual Closet Core patterns Carolyn pattern for the bottoms, and for the top I used a pattern adapted from a Burda pattern, just a…

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refashioning some things

23/02/202524/02/2025 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized1 Comment on refashioning some things

hello!  I’ve made a new outfit by refashioning some other previously worn old things…   from a skirt and old jeans, I’ve made a new/old tunic top and some new/old shorts.   I realise I probably I should be using…

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pink cushions

15/09/2024 Carolyncrafty stuff, knittingLeave a Comment on pink cushions

Hello!  My latest knitting project has been some cushion covers… I’ve had two cushions on our front bench for years, which had became bleached over time to a very unattractive dirty-greige.  I took out the inserts and started planning some…

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