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little black dress

31/07/202131/07/2021 Carolynsewing4 Comments on little black dress

I’m so behind on blogging! so this is part one in what I hope is a serious attempt to catch up… so I made this little black dress a little while ago… it’s light and floaty and breezy so really…

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Big baggy pockets…

24/02/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized40 Comments on Big baggy pockets…

… with bonus skirt. It is an unusual skirt, admittedly.  That’s OK.  One description could focus on the fact that it is softly creamy in shade, ever-so-slightly crinkly in texture, interestingly layered in construction, and easily breezily comfortably summery as…

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Curtains…

12/02/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized29 Comments on Curtains…

I have been sewing curtains! This is our central hallway, an area that has been curtain-less since… well, since ever.  It has a very big and long window, which is fabulous for getting plenty of natural light inside.  But it…

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Lounge room curtains, 2

29/06/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorizedLeave a Comment on Lounge room curtains, 2

This is the second set of curtains in our lounge room, opposite the other pair here.  As this window faces the street I made these curtains first, the other set was made a little further down the track, er OK…

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Lounge room curtains, 1

20/06/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized5 Comments on Lounge room curtains, 1

One set of my lounge room curtains!  There is another set, which I will post pictures of next week.  I do try to limit my blogging in some ways, as in, yes, I do post every day which may be…

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Family room curtains

13/06/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized4 Comments on Family room curtains

Boring curtain alert: As previously warned I do have a preference for the simple and uncluttered look in my house, so my curtains are not going to win any awards for innovation here… that being said I feel these curtains…

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Bedroom curtains

08/06/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized4 Comments on Bedroom curtains

Here are the curtains I made for our master bedroom.  Oh, I did warn you that most of my curtains were simply boring rectangles… so I hope expectations haven’t been raised too high… I expect my curtains to be simple…

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Dining room curtains

30/05/201015/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized8 Comments on Dining room curtains

Sewing curtains is a real drag.  No seamstress will say otherwise.  Boring, all straight seams, no challenge in it.  And mundane. Most of the curtains I’ve made have been plain rectangles with curtaining tape sewn on at the top, which…

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