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the Karijini dress

16/03/2024 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized8 Comments on the Karijini dress

Hello! I’m back, and with a BIG project that has been on my mind for quite some time now… a new pattern!  Please welcome the newest pattern to gallop out from the Carolyn & Cassie Pattern Co stable, the Karijini…

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the Pinjarra twinset

31/07/202331/07/2023 Carolynsewing4 Comments on the Pinjarra twinset

At last!  Cassie and I are thrilled to release our latest pattern in the Carolyn & Cassie Pattern Co oeuvre… please welcome the Pinjarra twinset!   A twinset?  What on earth…?! you may be thinking/asking!  Well, the Pinjarra twinset is…

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I sewed selflessly

21/04/202022/04/2020 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized4 Comments on I sewed selflessly

So, I sewed some stuff! Item A; a dress for Mum to wear to Cassie’s wedding… I started out with Burda style 09/2019; 109 because I thought the sleeve cuff really lovely; however I ran up a muslin – actually…

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garden tea party hat

09/03/202009/03/2020 Carolyncrafty stuff14 Comments on garden tea party hat

Short and sweet; I made a hat!!  Well, by “made”; more accurately; I compiled a hat.  I bunged a whole lot of pretty things onto a hat.   Oh I did make that little tea cup, so I guess I…

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poppy dress

26/11/201826/11/2018 CarolynUncategorized11 Comments on poppy dress

I’ve made this new dress   #surprise!  This beautiful poppy printed silk chiffon was a birthday present from my lovely thoughtful Mum… we were browsing together in Fabulous Fabrics and oohing and aahing over it, and she suddenly announced “I’d…

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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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Mum. A blog hop. And a thank you.

15/10/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized38 Comments on Mum. A blog hop. And a thank you.

First things first; I thought I’d open on a note both lovely and interesting, my mother wearing a creation made by her.  Mum knitted her top, the Jo Sharp sideways ribbed top using Jo Sharp Soho Summer DK Cotton in col. Pennant.  The…

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Mum’s Alabama Chanin skirt

02/08/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized61 Comments on Mum’s Alabama Chanin skirt

I am so glad that Mum brought around her finished Alabama Chanin skirt for me to ooh and ah over; and has allowed me to photograph her wearing it and to show it here on my blog too… thank you…

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