I’ve spent the last couple of days heaving great big bolts of fabric around my studio, cutting them into fat, crisply-folded piles, and then getting blisters all over my fingers as I cut and pinked hundreds of sample squares. All this, in preparation for my big news of 2010 so far… As of now, my …
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Skinny at Silk & Cotton Co
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Style trumps adversity
My friend Margaret had a stylish response to the nasty business of having her car’s back window smashed: Plastic and parcel tape doesn’t make a very pretty repair job, but slapping a Pincushion decal on top makes all the difference. Go Margaret! (and go Lilly, who barked loudly enough to make the bad guys run …
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I filled up a studio window space with all my many-sized postage tubes, Now I like it so much I feel sad whenever someone buys something that needs the protection that only a tube can offer, and I have to remove a tube from this elegant display. Happy weekend everyone. I’ll be at the Biscuit …
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I think I mentioned patches?
Quite a long time ago I made a massive patched curtain for Julie, and the bug really bit me then. I don’t get much time to patch, but it’s one of my favourite things, and I hope I can do lots more this year. I listed (and sold) a little patched wallet on Monday, and …
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What Designers Blog Off
Hey, this is super cool. My blog is one of the contenders in the What Designers 2009 Blog Off, and all I need is a vote from you! Wish I could promise quality education, and end to corruption and free drinks on Fridays in return, but my powers are pretty much limited to tea towel …
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Patching
While I could never find the inner pernicketyness needed fro proper quilting, I do find that piecing fabric together with my overlocker and sewing maching is one of the things that gives me huge satisfaction. During the holidays I made a bit of a dent in my piles and piles of fabric scraps, starting out …
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Guess the Era?
Ok, all you fabric buffs out there, let’s play Guess the Era. When do you reckon the fabric for this tablecloth was made? Were you fooled like me? When I unwrapped this beautiful piece of screenprinted linen, I was convinced it was from the 50s, or maybe the 70s, but vintage without a doubt, but …
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A bit Grinchy?
I do like Christmas. Really, I wouldn’t say I’m a Grinch, but I’m not crazy about cluttering up the place with Christmas decorations. The only thing we had was an amazing piece of intricate crochet – a gift from Jesse – festooned in a rather restrained manner on the shelves. Thanks, Jesse! Also, a couple …
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Email downer
Oh no, I’ve just discovered my @skinnylaminx.com email address has been down since before Christmas. IF you’ve been trying to get hold of me, try skinnylaminx [at] gmail.com instead. Many nail-biting moments later, after much blind fiddling with settings, it seems my heather [at] skinnylaminx.com email is up and running again. Whew.
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