My Pincushion print was initially inspired by the Pincushion protea (Leucospermum Cordifolium) flower, and started out years ago as a papercut. I started screenprinting it onto table runners and napkins, and then included it as part of the Flower Dreams collection launched last year, in five fynbos-inspired colours.
And now, finally, I’m listing my Pincushion print as cushion covers too.
Local shoppers will find them for sale here, and international shoppers, click here to find them for sale.
When I released my Flower Dreams fabric collection earlier this year, everyone was asking me if there was a new flowery tea towel to match. There wasn’t, but then I thought that maybe there should be, and so (ta da!) the Flower Dreams tea towel was born, in Strawberry and in Lemon.
And now, because I can’t seem to pass up the chance to make a little animation these days, here’s the All Action Flower Dreams teatowel for your enjoyment:
Find a Flower Dreams tea towel for yourself in my online shop in US$ here, and for South Africans, shop right here.
I spent some of last week up in Johannesburg, launching my Flower Dreams collection at The Silk & Cotton Co. showroom in Kramerville, and then being driven all over town by some of the lovely Silkco dames. The launch was fab, and thanks so much to everyone who came along. It was great to meet you all!
I was taken to lots of shops and showrooms who already carry Skinny laMinx, as well as some that we think would greatly benefit from the association 
. In my rush to pack, I forgot my camera, so had only my (really rubbish) Blackberry phone camera, so please forgive the sub-standard snaps of these gorgeous chairs, all spotted at Mezzanine in Greenside.
I also visited the beautiful new 03 Desmond precinct in Kramerville, where I drooled over the beautiful restraint of style always shown by Tonic Design, and spotted a super-cute 60′s seat at Mud Studio upstairs. (Pics so bad, I had to change them to black & white. Thanks, Blackberry)
Most of my impressions were mental and not photographic, and really, I came away with a wonderful sense of optimism on the Joburg retail scene. Restaurants are full, people are shopping, buildings and centres are going up, and local design studios like Tonic, Egg, Mud and others, are investing in beautiful, expansive showrooms that demonstrate a belief that this is a place where their product can be a major player.
On the way back to the airport on the Gautrain (love that thing!) I realised that my visit to Joburg had substantially raised my ambition levels. See, it IS dangerous up there!
The Northern Hemisphere is getting all Spring-y, while down here in the Cape, Autumn weather has arrived with a vengeance, and it’s all puddles and rain for us now. But in the brand new Skinny laMinx window display*, it’s all about flowers, as we celebrate the new Flower Dreams range, and put a Spring into our step as we head into Autumn.
*Thanks to my lovely shop assistants, Jess & Jenna, for putting the window display together so beautifully.
Wild Flowers forms part of my brand new Flower Dreams collection, and comes in Lemon, Strawberry, Plum and Humbug colourways. It’s the kind of large-scale, slightly mad print that could work as well in a little girls’ room, as in a folk-inspired boudoir. Find it for sale in my Etsy shop, as well as my online shop for SA customers.
Whew, what a week! One new staff member (hi, Jenna!), two fabric launch events on Wednesday, and on Thursday, three guys arrived with saws and hammers to start a renovation to the upstairs studio. The prettiest part of this mad week (apart from Jenna) was the Flower Dreams launch at Space for Life on Wednesday morning and evening. Here’s how it looked before everyone arrived:
The wonderful Jess recreated the launch invitation pic in the front window of Space For Life, which looked so beautiful! Thanks, Jess!
Huge thanks to everyone who helped with the launch, and also to all the lovely people who came and made it such a special occasion. Your enthusiasm and support is massively appreciated, as are the kind words on all the blogs! This week, we’ve had the most spectacular coverage, and here’s a (probably incomplete) blogroll of thanks:
Design*Sponge, on the Wild Flowers print, and again today, on my Before/After
Lanalou Style on the launch
Kim Gray on the new collection
Pretty Please on the new Pincushion print
Between 10 and 5 on the new collection
Just call me K, who was lovely to meet, at last
I Want That on the launch
Thanks, once again. xx
This week, my Flower Dreams fabric collection is launching, and I’m so excited to share the centrepiece of the collection, which I’ve called Wild Flowers.
Wild Flowers is a large-scale two-colour screenprinted design that manages to be lots of things at once: It’s a bit Japanese, it’s sweetly feminine, a little Folky, a tad popp-y, and just a little bit mad!
I came up with this design after I made a fun vinyl sticker wallpaper to brighten up my studio bathroom (see pics in my blog post about it here). I’d been wanting to make a large-scale floral print for a while, and suddenly it struck me that my bathroom ‘wallpaper’ was just the thing.
Wild Flowers is professionally screenprinted here in Cape Town, using waterbased ink on a cotton/linen blend basecloth. It’s available in four colourways: Strawberry Humbug, Lemon Humbug, Strawberry Plum and Lemon Plum.
You’ll find cushion covers in Wild Flowers for sale here for international customers, and here for South Africans.
