Are you the guy with shears, or the encouraging string?
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Skinnylaminxenstein: Bonsai or vine
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New in the shop: Large Pincushion
Adding the Large Pincushion textile print to our Pincushion range has been such a good idea! The classic design has been screenprinted on a cotton weave measuring 170cm / 70″ wide, which makes it a brilliant choice for blinds and curtains. The extra wide fabric also makes it perfect for tablecloths, which we’ve made up …
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History lesson: Pincushion Protea
Just look at all the things our Pincushion design has appeared on over the years!
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How to arrange cushions and pillows
People always ask how best to arrange cushions and pillows on a sofa. And, of course, it’s not a simple answer. It was when we set up the Pillow Lab and started doing our experiments with mixing & matching pattern and palette that I truly began appreciating the COUNTLESS ways that a bunch of throw …
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Introducing The Pillow Lab
Have you been to The Pillow Lab? It’s the Skinny laMinx research facility, dedicated to solving urgent questions around the issue of how to mix and match scatter cushions and throw pillows to perfection. It’s important, groundbreaking work, and the Pillow Lab has been doing fascinating research in the realm of throw pillows and cushions. …
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Making Friday: Batik in Swaziland
My role on April’s trip to Swaziland with Ace Camps was to teach the group of travellers about pattern, and to give them an intro to the principles behind designing for batik. They came up with some really, really nice designs (see below), which set us all up nicely for the three subsequent days we …
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At the Market in Swaziland
I was in Swaziland with Ace Camps in April, teaching a course about pattern to bunch of Ace Campers. There’s so much to see in this tiny African kingdom, and only a tiny bit of it is for tourists. I could have spent hours at Manzini Market, which opened my eyes to things – many …
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Colour in Swaziland
The thing that’s so good about travel is changing up the things we see every day. Arriving in green, lush Swaziland (or, as it was re-named just after our visit, eSwatini) with its rolling hills, songbirds and afternoon thunderstorms was a refresher for my city-weary eyes. Here are some of the shapes and colours that …
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In the Press: At home with… us!
Yup, that’s Paul and me at home, and you’ll find the rest of this lovely shoot on the pages of House & Leisure magazine in the May 2018 issue. Photos: Greg Cox
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