Oh man! I have been unable to post here for quite a while and was starting to wonder; could this be the end of Handmade by Carolyn…? Fortunately my clever husband worked the problem out. Then I wrote a whole…
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a green hat
It’s a new season! and I wanted a new hat in a new and different colour from my current collection; something more “beachy” coloured. So I whipped one up. Ka-chhhhhh! I used the free Sorrento bucket hat pattern by Elbe…
mother of the groom
Hello! Finally, I can share the outfit I made for myself for our son Sam’s wedding to the lovely Lainey… I was too overwhelmed after making her dress to even think of trying out any new patterns for myself so…
a simple little frock
It’s been a while, but rest assured I’m still making/sewing like mad! just that I can’t show anything at all for a little bit yet… but I can show this! just a simple little summer dress but better than nothing…
have you ever made a dress from a sheet?
… because some of them are really nice, that’s all. I always secretly hankered for this one to be a dress. Those extra wide stripes! The design is my own, and I whipped this one up as a sample really,…
orange yoga girl
Remember my pink yoga girls dress? well I made an orange one too! I used the Nerida Hanson smock dress pattern.. only this one is made (almost) exactly to the pattern with no variations! shock horror, I know… how often…
oxen
How cute is this multicoloured “oxen” print? I saw it on Spoonflower and immediately fell in love. I bought a little of the cotton sateen last year. Or maybe even the year before? Yes, it has indeed been in the…
I crocheted a hat!
… and it’s been a long time in the making too! I originally bought this raffia in Okadaya in Shinjuku, and subsequently this pattern book in a newsagent in the Kanazawa train station, back in 2019, pictured in this post…
