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little black dress

31/07/202131/07/2021 Carolynsewing4 Comments on little black dress

I’m so behind on blogging! so this is part one in what I hope is a serious attempt to catch up… so I made this little black dress a little while ago… it’s light and floaty and breezy so really…

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Christmas pressies; a sewing marathon

29/12/201729/12/2017 Carolynsewing, Uncategorized31 Comments on Christmas pressies; a sewing marathon

Tim and Kelly… As usual, I made Christmas presents for my family… I started late October, so I was giving myself plenty of time, or so you’d think!  I’m a fairly efficient seamster, and I still only just finished a…

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some shirts…

27/12/201627/12/2016 Carolynsewing42 Comments on some shirts…

… in addition to luggage pressies, I made some shirts for those incredibly difficult to buy/make-for men in my life.  Honestly, it would be so much more fun and frivolous if I only had girls to make stuff for, but you…

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3 hoodies

27/12/201527/12/2015 Carolynsewing28 Comments on 3 hoodies

In other Christmas “making” I also made hoodies for my three menfolk; Craig, and for Tim and Sam.  For the last few years I’ve made summer shirts for them, but this year I wanted to do something different.  And all…

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a bevy of beauties

28/12/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized28 Comments on a bevy of beauties

I can now share the fruits of my Christmas shirt-making bendah!!  Old news? oh well… I made four shirts recently.  Yes, four! *phew* all since I returned home from Melbourne.  I know.  Sheer insanity.  I has it. Actually I did…

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an Icelandic jumper for Sam

07/08/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized39 Comments on an Icelandic jumper for Sam

This is my first project from Knitting with Icelandic Wool, a knitting book I bought as a souvenir from Iceland on our recent trip away.  The jumper is my birthday present to Sam  and it’s um, only two months late… yikes!…

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Magicka robe

22/06/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized21 Comments on Magicka robe

Have you heard of Magicka? That’s OK, I hadn’t either until less than a week ago.  Now I consider myself an expert, at least on the attire.  This weekend is Supanova weekend in Perth and Sam wanted a Magicka robe.…

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A hasty pruning before an imminent downpour

16/05/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized22 Comments on A hasty pruning before an imminent downpour

It’s too early for pruning, technically speaking.  Purists would tut. But I figured the rain was just about to decimate them anyway.  It was a rescue mission. So; y’know that moment when you’re poised in the act of clicking the shutter…

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