Almost thereHere’s my favourite one at the moment, but while I don’t mean to tease, I’m not quite ready to show you the rest of my brand new Sevilla Rock collection yet. Why not? Well, I’m kinda wading through piles and piles of cut fabric, which is a bit overwhelming, actually. But at least it’s …
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The Guardian colour supplement, no less!
The Guardian colour supplement, no less!Many thanks to all the kind people from the UK who got in touch to let me know they’d spotted my Orla tea towel in their Guardian newspaper this weekend. Dee Beale even sent me photos (thanks Dee!), so there it is, on the Guardian Weekend Wishlist. Niiiice!
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Changing rooms
Changing RoomsThis picture is a very graphic illustration of how poorly stocked my Etsy shop is right now. I simply haven’t got around to updating it for ages, but I have at least one good excuse: I’ve been moving studios… but not very far. This has been what my side of the studio has looked …
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Is there Skinny in your home?
Is there Skinny in your home? This may seem awfully self-important of me, but at the relentless urging of one of my most loyal customers ever, I’ve started a Flickr group called Skinny laMinx in my home. Go and visit and you’ll see how very loyal this lovely customer of mine is. I mean, how …
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Excuses, excuses
Excuses, excusesWhat’s this? I think I’m the boss of this blog, and yet I feel it necessary to write a note motivating for a bit of time off. Methinks I’ve created a monster, but here goes anyway: Dear Blog I need to take just a couple of days off, and I’m do hope you’ll understand …
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Cape Town cycle chic
Cape Town cycle chicI’ve been riding back and forth from the Design Indaba on my bike this week, totally whupping cars all the way up Long Street, and feeling very Copenhagen Cycle Chic (see below, but in a sundress and 15 years older).Bike riding is not huge around these parts, unless you’re male, wearing lycra …
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Order, please
Order, pleaseMaybe it’s because I started the year with the resolution to get better organising systems in place, and maybe it’s because my studio is in serious need of a stretch (it’s coming), but on Sunday at Milnerton market, I found myself taking snaps of all the carefully ordered things I saw. And I quite …
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Yardwork
YardworkThe byline to Susan Scott’s Etsy shop, Yardwork reads: “Yards and yards of artwork, one foot at a time”. Actually, it’s more like one inch at a time – her process of printing bookcloth (used for binding books) is extraordinarily painstaking. I read through her profile, where she describes the process. It goes something like …
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LittleBig tees
LittleBig TeesThese kid-sized organic cotton tshirts are designed and made by me, and are available for sale at the LittleBig Magazine shop.
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