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dressing like a tomato

25/05/2023 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized6 Comments on dressing like a tomato

Hello! So, I’ve alluded to this ongoing project previously; the mission to “use up a rather large length of tomato-red jersey”  I am pleased and just a little lot relieved to report a successful completion of the mission, ahem… I…

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mother of the groom

19/03/2023 CarolynUncategorized11 Comments on mother of the groom

Hello! Finally, I can share the outfit I made for myself for our son Sam’s wedding to the lovely Lainey… I was too overwhelmed after making her dress to even think of trying out any new patterns for myself so…

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a simple little frock

01/03/202301/03/2023 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized6 Comments on a simple little frock

It’s been a while, but rest assured I’m still making/sewing like mad!  just that I can’t show anything at all for a little bit yet… but I can show this! just a simple little summer dress but better than nothing…

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I made a dress, a cool skirt and three tops; aka I actually used all of my 2022 labels, yay!

31/12/202231/12/2022 Carolynsewing3 Comments on I made a dress, a cool skirt and three tops; aka I actually used all of my 2022 labels, yay!

I’ve made a few new things, thus appropriately using all my “circa 2022” labels, hurrah!  I know, I know, using up labels should NOT be a criteria for making anything, and yet.. and yet… I still felt compelled to do…

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have you ever made a dress from a sheet?

24/12/202224/12/2022 CarolynUncategorized1 Comment on have you ever made a dress from a sheet?

… because some of them are really nice, that’s all.  I always secretly hankered for this one to be a dress.  Those extra wide stripes! The design is my own, and I whipped this one up as a sample really,…

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orange yoga girl

19/11/202220/11/2022 Carolynsewing, UncategorizedLeave a Comment on orange yoga girl

Remember my pink yoga girls dress? well I made an orange one too!  I used the Nerida Hanson smock dress pattern.. only this one is made (almost) exactly to the pattern with no variations!  shock horror, I know…  how often…

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oxen

13/11/2022 CarolynUncategorizedLeave a Comment on oxen

How cute is this multicoloured “oxen” print?  I saw it on Spoonflower and immediately fell in love.  I bought a little of the cotton sateen last year.  Or maybe even the year before?  Yes, it has indeed been in the…

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pink and blue magnolias

02/11/202208/11/2022 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized2 Comments on pink and blue magnolias

Hello!   Here is another little sundress I made more recently actually… just in late July if I recall correctly.  I was so excited and getting ready for spring and it seemed like the perfect little spring-time thing… little did…

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