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a blocky sundress

16/10/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized49 Comments on a blocky sundress

I screen-printed this random murky-coloured block fabric last year, and have finally got around to making it into something.  At last!  The 5-colour print is my own  design; and in fact the dress is my own design too  ðŸ™‚    Originally I…

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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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a “Norwegian” jacket

29/09/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized47 Comments on a “Norwegian” jacket

I’ve made up my Norwegian souvenir fabric. Pining for the fjords? me? well, maybe just a little  ðŸ˜‰ I bought this divinely thick, strong, and sturdy cotton drill in Oslo during our Scandinavian holiday, with dreams of  making a boxy, nautically…

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a bobbly little top, and some others too

27/09/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized42 Comments on a bobbly little top, and some others too

I’ve made a few new tops… Top un; a cosy little pom-pommy top, using pattern 111 from Burdastyle magazine 04-2014 in a bobbly stretch fabric the colour of whipped cream from Fabulous Fabrics.  The design has quite an interesting and unusual…

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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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olive faux suede top

30/08/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized25 Comments on olive faux suede top

I’ve made a new top  ðŸ™‚ Yoshimi and I saw this very realistic faux suede while out shopping together in Tokyo last January and we both bought some to make tops.  Yoshimi made her lovely pale pink top quite quickly.…

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a split-backed top

06/08/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized34 Comments on a split-backed top

Once upon a time there was a shirt, a man’s shirt.  This shirt was superficially unremarkable, but was made out of a wonderful microfibre that had extraordinarily silk-like properties.  Soft, ripply, with a quietly glossy sheen, it felt wonderfully cool…

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Caramel suede cardigan/jacket

05/07/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized63 Comments on Caramel suede cardigan/jacket

o hello  ðŸ™‚ I’ve made a suede cardigan for myself, or is it a jacket?  The pattern says “jacket” but I tend to think of jackets as being kinda involved, time-consuming things to make, with lining and so forth.  While…

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