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chunky two tone sandals

18/09/201422/05/2017 Carolynshoes, Uncategorized247 Comments on chunky two tone sandals

I’ve made my second pair of shoes! suede and vinyl, medium heeled, clog-like sandals. I really like them stylistically.  In fact dare I say, I even love them a little bit!  My general criteria with my self-made stuff is: would I buy…

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pink

17/09/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized24 Comments on pink

I’ve rejigged these strawberry pink jeans into a skirt.  I made the jeans two years ago using an Au Bonheur des petites mains pattern courtesy of shams, thank you shams!  There’s lots of things I liked about the jeans; they…

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Denim slides!

22/08/201427/02/2016 Carolynsewing, shoes, Uncategorized64 Comments on Denim slides!

I’ve made some shoes!!!  This is my first foray into “proper” footwear.  Yeah, I made slippers recently, but I’m not counting those.  And technically these are slides, which are pretty basic things on the shoe scale, really. But still.  They…

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Dusting slippers

17/08/201427/02/2016 Carolynsewing, shoes, Uncategorized45 Comments on Dusting slippers

I’ve made something useful; slippers, that clean! I pinned these mopping slippers a while ago, and have now got around to making my own.  See, we have no carpets in our house and lots of animals; meaning furry dust-bunnies appear…

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Jim jams

26/06/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized32 Comments on Jim jams

Mundane, but oh so welcome and necessary.  I’ve been absolutely freezing!!! at night lately and my old winter jammies were as thin as! so this was highest of high on my list of priorities.  But it had to still sit…

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Little black polka-dots

23/05/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized38 Comments on Little black polka-dots

I’ve made a dotty little cardigan  🙂  Yes, it seems like I’m turning out new stuff everyday, but the truth is that some of my recent items have been finished for up to a few weeks or more and it is…

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Navy blue tights

20/05/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized20 Comments on Navy blue tights

I really really wanted some navy blue tights.  Basically I have two, yes, two! navy blue corduroy skirts for winter, and a coupla hand-knit cardigans including this one which are mainly midnight blue and which I want to dig out…

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Further Alabama Chanin-ing

17/05/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized23 Comments on Further Alabama Chanin-ing

Hello!  I am getting started on my next Alabama Chanin project. Yes, an authentically executed Alabama Chanin creation is a big time commitment but I really enjoyed making my 3-piece set and it is nice to have a hand-held project…

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