Introducing the Scandi Candy collection by Skinny laMinx. Here’s our step-by-step recipe for how we come up with these fresh & playful patterns for ourbrand n range of kitchen & home textiles.
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Recipe: How to make Scandi Candy
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Slow patterns, fast patterns
Some things take ages to make, and some are really quick. It’s not often I manage to reconcile the two, but this year, I’ve found a happy middle!
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Making Friday: More haste…
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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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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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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Collaboration: Fashion Fabrics with Nerida Hansen
If you’re into home sewing, then this is what you’ve been waiting for. It’s the launch of our fashion fabrics collaboration with Aussie textile maven Nerida Hansen Fabrics! Together, we have made three bestselling Skinny laMinx bestselling prints available for sale in multiple colourways and weights, including: 100% Linen Organic Cotton Jersey, French Terry, Tencel Linen, Organic Cotton …
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New: Shard print
Sometimes I’m a very slow designer. I’ve realised this as I go through a very high-energy week, in which we’re launching a brand new print called Shard at Decorex Cape Town. While it is a visually energetic with Op-Art vibes, the idea for Shard came about during those slow, peculiar weeks and months when the …
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2022 Pattern Repeat Retreat
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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