It’s almost time for our annual Pattern Repeat Retreat. Are you coming? We’ll spend two days in beautiful Swellendam, getting hands-on with exploring and understanding pattern. I’ll send you back home feeling inspired and capable of creating pattern using the simplest of tools. It’ll be fun! JOIN US: A 2-day pattern & printing workshop with me, hosted by Grace + Merci Cafe in …
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2022 Pattern Repeat Retreat
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From Drab to Fab with Dan Saks
While my old pal Dan Saks of Saks Corner is in the biz of producing solid wood Scandi-inspired furniture, his first love is to breathe fresh life into old things.
So when I handed Dan a brown-painted 50’s cane chair I’d bought on a whim, he offered to share his tips for taking something from drab to fab, using our new Flower Ring fabric.
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PRESS : Tiles in House & Leisure
We’re thrilled to have a three-page article in House & Leisure magazine’s BUILD issue, focussing on our new collection of tile designs.
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COLLABORATION : Concrete Tiles!
We are thrilled thrilled to be working with Concrete Studio to produce a range of 6 concrete tile designs,
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Stick-on pattern with Robin Sprong
We’ve teamed up with Robin Sprong Wallpapers to produce repositionable tile stickers,
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MAKING FRIDAY : Tile design inspiration
A short video showing the origin of the Daisy Day tile design.
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We’ve gone Up, Up & Online!
Skinny has turned a corner. Quite literally in fact! The Skinny laMinx shop has closed, with the new studio entrance just around the corner at 16a Buiten Street. We’ve decided to make a strong shift, moving our focus to online only, so February 2022 was our last month as a brick-and-mortar store on Bree St, …
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Cold Comfort
This image by Andrey Avdeenko is of Comfort Town – a neighbourhood in Kyiv that’s been painted bright colours to lift the spirits during cold, dark winters. I hope it lifts your spirits today, even if it is just to recall that beauty and joy have power, even in the darkest times, and that …
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Introducing Flower Ring
Our brand new Flower Ring design is a pretty two-colour floral print screenprinted on cotton slub fabric Look a bit more closely though, and you’ll notice that the little flowers on the head of the plant are travelling upwards – it’s almost like a little animation. I like to notice weeds – often beautiful, frequently …
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