Today’s Making Friday news may give you a baffling glimpse into my psyche, but it’s pretty good for a giggle anyway, so here goes: It starts with me arriving at the Think Tank and, as usual, not quite knowing what I want to do, but knowing that the important part is to just make something. I’d been swooning over the …
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Making Friday: snakes alive!
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Shopping for shops
When I visited in NYC in May 2011, I was thinking of opening my store, and took lots of inspiration shots. I think the way the Skinny laMinx store turned out could fit perfectly into the streets of New York, don’t you? See more pics here. We’re off to New York City to show Skinny laMinx …
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How much fabric do you need?
Super-useful charts to help with deciding how much fabric to order.
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July workshops
Announcing a July series of my four-part hands-on course in print & pattern called HOW PATTERN WORKS.
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Wabi Sabi … or ‘mending’, as your Granny called it
A brief tale about feeling smug about mending holes in a cherished jumper.
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In the Press: Visi
Win a Skinny laMinx chair in Visi magazine!
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Workshop: How Pattern Works
I’m super excited to announce that all through June, I’ll be teaching a four-part hands-on course in print & pattern called HOW PATTERN WORKS. Classes will be held over four weeks in the Skinny laMinx fabric studio at 201 Bree Street, from 6pm – 9pm on a Monday (update: Mondays are sold out) or a …
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Wardrobe Snacks
Stylist Michelle Maguire and photographer Kelsey McClellan got together to create a photographic series called Wardrobe Snacks, inspired by quiet moments of casual (and colour-coded) culinary enjoyment. McClellan says that “Wardrobe Snacks was inspired by diners lacking the luxury of being seated at a table. They’re informal — perhaps even a bit awkward — spaces as …
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