Our gift guide is full of colour-themed gift ideas from the Skinny laMinx shop.
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Gift Guide 2016
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In the Shop: Lisboa Tile Packs
Earlier this year, I was immersed in Lisbon tiles when I visited that city with Ace Camps. While teaching my group of students about pattern and tile, I developed packs of paper tiles for my students to play with, giving them hands-on fun with figuring out all the many, many layouts that a single motif could …
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In the shop: DIMENSIONAL collection
We are absolutely thrilled about our DIMENSIONAL collaboration with our friends at Heath Ceramics. Read all about it here, and then take a look at all the things we’re making from the three prints in the DIMENSIONAL collection: we’ve got cushions, table runners, soft buckets, and much, much more! Like what you see? It’s all exclusive to Heath …
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In the Shop: Twofor Sale
Terms and Conditions: This offer is for both in-store and online sales, and relates to selected items only. Yardage, cushion inners, scarves & some other items are not on sale. No in-store collection option available for online orders. No coupon codes or other offers will be valid during the period of the sale. No returns or …
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In the shop: Custom cushions
You probably know that we make up our cushion covers in three standard sizes (60×60cm/24×24″, 50×50cm/20×20″ and 40×60cm/16×24″), but did you know that Skinny laMinx makes custom sized cushion covers too? If you’ve ever found one of our fabrics that you love, but not made up to quite the shape or size you need, the Skinny …
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In the shop: Books from Peter Hyde
We’ve hand-picked a stack of inspiring design books from our local book distributor, Peter Hyde. These books are for sale in our shop at 201 Bree Street, and they’re a yummy mix of interior design, art, and marvellously inspiring encyclopedias of prints and patterns. Feast your eyes, then come in and see for yourself. We currently only have …
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Thrift store sighting
I must admit that for some time, I’ve been anticipating the experience of seeing my work in a thrift store/jumble sale, and wondering how to prepare myself for this. But this weekend it actually happened: I got an email from Steve Basile, who had spotted one of my Mountain Garden screenprints that I made in an edition of 20 …
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FABRICS 2016: Brise Soleil
I’m thrilled to bits to reveal our brand new fabric collection, named BRISE SOLEIL. Brise Soleil is a French term (so it’s pronounced breez so-lay) that refers to an architectural screen – usually made of pierced brick or concrete block – which provides shade from the sun. Literally, brise soleil means ‘break the sun’, but along with their shade-making …
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Andrew & Barbara’s Brooklyn home
I love hearing from people who have Skinny laMinx in their home, and it’s always inspiring to see my fabrics put to use in ‘real life’, so I was thrilled when Barbara sent us some pics of Skinny laMinx in her home in Brooklyn, NYC. I loved them so much, I asked for more… and I …
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