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Royal Adelaide Show 2023 Winning Entries - Red Anorak Jacket, Black Jeans, Navy and floral backpack
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Royal Adelaide Show 2023

I have had a break from entering anything in the dressmaking section of the Royal Adelaide Show for a few years. The dreaded C word cancelled the show in 2020. Then in 2021 it was meant to go ahead but was cancelled a month beforehand. I had already applied, paid Read more…

By Carmen Grantham, 2 yearsOctober 10, 2023 ago
Black Pants - Seamwork Tessa
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Black Cotton Pants with White Topstitching – Seamwork Tessa Jeans

More Summer pants. This time I was using some light to medium-weight cotton that would keep me cool. But I also wanted them to have stand-out stitching. I’ve had this white topstitching thread for a while but never used it so I wanted to see how it would look. Pants Read more…

By Carmen Grantham, 2 yearsJanuary 27, 2023 ago
Seamwork Tessa Jeans No3
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12oz Indigo Denim Jeans – Seamwork Tessa Number 3

I love making jeans, and when I found some heavy denim, 12oz in fact, at The Fabric Store in Adelaide for only $8 a metre, I knew they would be perfect for some hardwearing jeans. They would also be ideal for my talk at the Mitcham Hills Sewing Guild group Read more…

By Carmen Grantham, 3 yearsJune 14, 2022 ago
Carmen Grantham wearing blue jacket with green bush in background.

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