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Make-up bags
In sewing class we made something completely different than usual. One of our fellow students had bought a stock of imitation leather that had to go and handed it out for free for a joint project: a set of toiletry or make-up bags! Pattern inspiration came from Pattydoo, but our sewing teacher made numerous changes, such as an easier way…
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Spring Jacket
For Christmas I made my youngest godchild a pair of trendy green linen pants. After making this and a cute little bowtie to go with it, I still had a fair amount of fabric left, which I could use to complete the outfit. So at the beginning of this year I leafed through the available magazines in my sewing class,…
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Pink birthday
For the birthday of one of my nieces, I once again resorted to an old favourite pattern, the Catalina dress from The Simple Life Pattern Company. I’ve already made so many versions of this dress, but I never tire of it. Fairly simple to make, with always a stunning and practical result. For these birthday dresses I dived into my…
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Forest animals dungerees
Christmas has been over for a while and the Christmas presents have all been unwrapped, but I didn’t show them all here yet. I can already hear you thinking: “Erm, Charlotte, there must have already been 7 posts about presents with I don’t know how many creations! When will this end?!” Well, now, actually. This is the last of the…
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Jim pants
Christmas has been over for a while and the Christmas presents have all been unwrapped, but I didn’t show them all here yet. Well, not the homemade presents. After all the knitting mill creations, another sewing project today! For my youngest godchild I had already made the Jim pants from La Maison Victor (Sep/Oct 2016) a while back. I liked…
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From Elsa to Crystal
Christmas has been over for a while and the Christmas presents have all been unwrapped, so time to show them here! Like every year, I make a large part of my Christmas presents myself. My most productive months of the year, when I actually finish crafts, are usually November and December. This year I kept track: in 2022 I made…
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Peacock sweater
Christmas has been over for a while and the Christmas presents have all been unwrapped, so time to show them here! Like every year, I make a large part of my Christmas presents myself. My most productive months of the year, when I actually finish crafts, are usually November and December. This year I kept track: in 2022 I made…
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Kokeshi dress for princess P
Princess P, daughter of my friend (*ahum* queen) Evelien, celebrated her birthday. The perfect excuse for me to make another Catalina dress. I found a really cute (kawaii) fabric in my stash: fuchsia with a pattern of kokeshi dolls After she made a couple of pirouettes the dress received the Princess P seal of approval 😉 Cheers, Charlotte
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Lola floral dress
A while ago I bought a number of fabrics online at budgetstoffen. I actually only needed one thing, but all stores were closed at the time for known reasons, so to avoid shipping costs, I bought more than strictly necessary. OK yes, that’s the excuse that I keep giving myself;) One of the fabrics I bought was a light, supple…
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Rich Lady Dress
About three years ago, I bought a few meters of light blue jacquard with a pied-de-poule motif, because it was on sale. When purchasing I had an idea of what I wanted to make with it, but I don’t remember that now. Indeed, another case of me buying something, put it in the attic with the rest of my stash,…
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