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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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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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tie dyed lingerie, and bikkies

10/02/2024 CarolynsewingLeave a Comment on tie dyed lingerie, and bikkies

Hello!  I’m back with a few new things… I had a length of raspberry cotton jersey that’s lovely quality and I wanted to make a new set of lingerie with it, but I somehow felt it boring just as it…

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💜 borahae! *

13/06/202314/06/2023 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized7 Comments on 💜 borahae! *

Hello!  So, in the never-ending saga that is my making journey, blah blah blah; I want to try and make at least one thing per month for no reason other than it satisfies my creative desires.   This is kinda…

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madder and madder…

30/11/202030/12/2020 Carolynsewing13 Comments on madder and madder…

I made a dress, using this very precious piece of fabric that I have been too frightened to cut in to for years now … ok so I’ve just checked back and it first came into my life back in…

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separated Cissy… and it’s green

27/11/2020 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized8 Comments on separated Cissy… and it’s green

Seems like a bit of a non-sequitur, but kinda sums up the whole process actually.  Let me explain… So I set out to make another Homer and Howells Cissy dress for myself because I was so pleased with the rust…

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blue Blair jacket

22/04/202022/04/2020 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized10 Comments on blue Blair jacket

Hello!  I made a new thing.  It’s sort of a jacket, sort of a coat.  What’s the difference between those two things anyway, I wonder?  I always thought a jacket was short, like maybe no longer than hip length max,…

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Cassie’s wedding dress

06/04/202011/04/2020 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized39 Comments on Cassie’s wedding dress

Oh hey!  I made a dress for my daughter! it’s a rather special one actually…  😉 So where to begin…well of course I’m teasing; my darling girl recently married her man D and this is her wedding dress, that I…

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