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red striped Inari tee dress

29/10/201629/10/2016 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized23 Comments on red striped Inari tee dress

Heya’all.  I’ve made this new dress.  Actually, I made it ages ago.  And took most of these photos ages ago too.  Bad lazy blogger! I wore it recently as my “travelling dress” when we holidayed in Broome, and it was…

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a tart for tartan

17/09/201604/05/2020 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized50 Comments on a tart for tartan

Och aye! I’ve made this big, swirly tartan dress, and I absolutely LOVE it! I know it‘s kinda crazy and huge-skirted and possibly a bit over the top, but you know what? it’s also extremely comfortable and cosy, and so swirly and swishy.  The…

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Marimekko dress

18/08/201623/01/2017 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized61 Comments on Marimekko dress

what’s with the ballet pose? I have no idea.  Anyway… I have a Marimekko dress.  *pinches self*  *sits in reverent silence for a minute* See, to have a Marimekko dress is something I’ve kinda lusted after for a long long…

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jean genie

07/08/201616/08/2016 Carolynsewing54 Comments on jean genie

I’ve made a new dress using a bunch of my kids’ old jeans that I have been saving for this very purpose…  and please note; yes, I am wearing denim shoes that I also made from old jeans, hehehe.  Just adding to…

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a toasty autumn-y dress

29/06/201605/08/2019 Carolynsewing35 Comments on a toasty autumn-y dress

I’ve made another dress.  Just right now, I’m fully into dress/skirt wearing, tending to pluck them from the wardrobe with barely scant regard to the several nice pairs of jeans in there.  I dunno why, since it’s winter, and you’d think I…

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a passing housewife

14/05/201622/05/2016 Carolynsewing33 Comments on a passing housewife

What am I?  I am a passing housewife!!! Hehehe just to explain, Izumi Curtis is a character from my favourite Japanese anime Fullmetal Alchemist.  She always introduces herself as just a passing housewife, and so is the character I can relate to…

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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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