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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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Kelly’s wedding dress

15/06/201923/08/2019 Carolynsewing56 Comments on Kelly’s wedding dress

photo by Shoshana Kruger Photography Kelly’s hair by Higley’s Hairdressing location; the Melbourne Hotel in Perth dress and veil; made by me! SO; Tim and Kelly became engaged to be married in January of last year… and shortly afterwards Kelly…

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a family collaboration

26/11/201627/11/2016 Carolynfashion, sewing46 Comments on a family collaboration

So Mum is up to stay with me, and she popped out the other day wearing this gorgeous, completely handmade ensemble… and it occurred to us that it was a tri-generational effort!  Mum made her skirt, Cassie made the scarf for…

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Magdalena Dusk; an Alabama Chanin project

09/04/201616/05/2017 Carolynsewing77 Comments on Magdalena Dusk; an Alabama Chanin project

Finally! my Alabama Chanin outfit! It’s finished, and now done and dusted!  Yay!  I may look all cool, calm and collected on the outside here but on the inside I’m cheering like a madman. Phew. This project has been quite an undertaking……

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a strange lingerie set

14/09/201515/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized17 Comments on a strange lingerie set

I fully admit it; this could very well be the weirdest, most bizarre thing I’ve ever made! I had toyed with the idea of making a lingerie set to complete my one year one outfit… er… outfit; but rejected the…

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an all Western Australian dress

30/08/201515/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized101 Comments on an all Western Australian dress

OK; it’s done, the second and arguably the most time consuming component of my one year one outfit project!   Can I just interject right here… WOOOOHOOOOO! Phew!  so, just saying, but I’m tentatively predicting that this one piece could…

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raspberry/navy Alabama Chanin tank top

26/03/201515/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized36 Comments on raspberry/navy Alabama Chanin tank top

I’ve finally finished my latest Alabama Chanin project…   Below is how it appeared on this blog previously…? (shudder) well, that dress has undergone extensive renovation over the past five months and now at last, I am quite satisfied. I received…

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raspberry Alabama Chanin tank dress

08/10/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized53 Comments on raspberry Alabama Chanin tank dress

I’ve finished a handmade dress.  It’s dyed, printed and stitched together entirely by me.   This is a fitted tank dress, the pattern is from the book Alabama Studio Sewing + Design, by Natalie Chanin.  I dyed shocking pink linen…

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