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my blue corduroy skirt

17/07/202108/08/2021 Carolynsewing9 Comments on my blue corduroy skirt

ok sure, I’ve made a few blue skirts before, and I’ve made a few corduroy skirts before, and I’ve even made a few blue corduroy skirts before too… And now I’m welcoming a new one to my wardrobe!  The best…

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rows of little white cottages

15/01/201725/02/2017 Carolynsewing28 Comments on rows of little white cottages

I’ve made another skirt and top set for Cassie  :    Patterns; the Tshirt is the Named patterns Inari tee, and the skirt is Vogue 1170.  I’ve made several of these skirts now, and quite a few are now owned…

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“Baseball” skirt and tee

12/04/201415/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized67 Comments on “Baseball” skirt and tee

This is just a bit of silliness really; remember I said I had some idiotic plans for my leftover off-white leatherette? well I just hopped straight into it.  This is a new skirt, leatherette with red stitching to delineate the seam…

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I dye…

17/06/201315/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized30 Comments on I dye…

…  literally.  I’m dyeing heaps of stuff lately. My ultramarine corduroy skirt.  I was bored with it, and didn’t wear it at all during me-made May even though it was season appropriate.  That is A Sign.  I dunno, I’d gone…

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Leatherette A-line skirt; 6 different ways

07/04/201319/06/2016 Carolynfashion, Uncategorized39 Comments on Leatherette A-line skirt; 6 different ways

I don’t wear this faux leather skirt nearly enough, given that it is actually a pretty cool skirt.  I think maybe that is the problem…  maybe it is too cool for me!  I’m not really used to wearing much leather…

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Cut me a little Black

06/10/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized33 Comments on Cut me a little Black

In my recent, gloriously ruthless, spring clean-out of my wardrobe, I culled an evening gown, originally made using Burda 8046 and first posted here.  I’ve worn it about seven times in total; none in the past three years; and have now…

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Ultramarine corduroy skirt; 6 different ways

26/08/201219/06/2016 Carolynfashion, Uncategorized24 Comments on Ultramarine corduroy skirt; 6 different ways

Y’know, sometimes you add something to your wardrobe purely on a crazy whim and you have a teeny niggling doubt about how well it is actually going to work?  This ultramarine corduroy skirt, made using Vogue 1170 and first posted…

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Ultramarine corduroy skirt

22/04/201215/12/2015 CarolynUncategorized42 Comments on Ultramarine corduroy skirt

Remember in my review of the Vogue 1170 skirt I mentioned I had already made a second version?  Well I finally got my act together and took some photos… This ultramarine cotton corduroy caught my eye; (hardly surprising really  😉…

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