Honestly, I can be such a nitwit. Every week in my studio, I’ve been merrily hand-printing linen panels for a quilt I want to make. So much fun! In the back of my mind I’ve known I ought to have washed the linen first (for shrinkage), but I was too impatient. Now I’ve finally tested …
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Making Friday: More haste…
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Selvedge Workshop – Creating Patterns, Fast & Slow
In my creative work as owner and designer at Skinny laMinx, I make patterns all the time. Some patterns – like my needlepoint tapestries – take a very long time to complete. Others, I make very quickly, using my hand-carved erasers and lino blocks to stamp multiple patterns using a single motif. This year (which …
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How patterns keep me fit
Here’s a random (but unsurprising) fact about me: I use patterns to help me reach my exercise goals.
What the heck?
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Goodbye to Pearl
Goodbye to Pearl after 13 wonderful years!
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Exploring Pattern – a retreat at Bodhi Khaya
I hope you’ll be exploring pattern with me and Sue Frost on the weekend of 14-16 April at Bodhi Khaya Nature Retreat. We’ll spend a restful and playful weekend at Bodhi Khaya’s newly-opened eco-lodge, taking time out to look at patterns together. And if you book before 10 March, you’ll get a 10% earlybird discount. Over …
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What does 156 washes look like?
Yesterday I picked up the laundry and wondered just how many times my Alexander Sack had been through the wash.
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Recipe: Paste di Mardorla
This is my whip-up-in-a-minute recipe for Paste di Mardorla (aka Almond biscuits) that’s so easy to whip up, it’s guaranteed to make you feel like a total domestic goddess. The recipe requires just 4 ingredients, and you can make a batch in barely 20 minutes! Paste di Mandorla Ingredients: * 2 Egg Whites * 250g Ground Almonds …
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Proud South
PROUD SOUTH is the latest book from trends forecaster Lidewij Edelkoort celebrating…. us! Yes! She’s made a book about the people, the creativity, the beauty and expression of OUR part of the planet – the Southern part! The book’s 415 glorious pages show the creative explosion of fashion, photography and art from Africa, South Asia and SE Asia, and …
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New Prints : Freedom, Change, Progress & Shift
The whole world has endured a shared experience of loss and fear during the Pandemic, and now we share the hope for a time of renewal, optimism, growth and change. Today we launch four Risograph prints, expressing this hope in a graphic rendering of the way we mark time, the beauty of small shifts, and …
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