It’s easy to get overwhelmed by all the pattern choices at Skinny laMinx. Enter the magic of our colour blocked Colour Pop Pillows – fifteen glorious pops of pure Skinny laMinx colour, piped in a coordinating tone, made up in Square, Oblong & Round shapes. Colour Pop Pillows are intended as the dots, dashes and commas …
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Pops of pure Skinny laMinx colour!
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Oddjects is back!
💥FLASH QUIZ! 💥 Question 1: One of the shapes below is called BOUBA and the other is called KIKI. they’re both nonsense words, but can you guess which name belongs to which shape? If you’re like most people – across cultures, languages and ages – you’ll likely have called the soft, friendly shape BOUBA, and …
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Cherry Season
It’s Cherry Season in Cape Town! I tried making a Cherry Clafoutis for the first time, and it turned out really well, using cherries I bought at the amazing OZCF Market (a must visit when you’re in Cape Town). But before baking, of course I had to use my cherries to make patterns, and to …
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Hello, Twilly!
Twilly? What exactly is a Twilly? In a nutshell, a Twilly is a shortcut to chic. And that’s exactly why Skinny laMinx has just launched a range of wonderfully chic cotton voile Twilly scarves! And what’s a Twilly for? Well, it’s a wonderfully versatile narrow scarf to knot around your neck, to wear as a …
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Ordinary magic
Some thoughts on ordinary things.
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Recipe: Cherry Tomato Tart
I made this tart for my Dad’s 80th birthday and promised to share the recipe
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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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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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From Drab to Fab with Dan Saks
While my old pal Dan Saks of Saks Corner is in the biz of producing solid wood Scandi-inspired furniture, his first love is to breathe fresh life into old things.
So when I handed Dan a brown-painted 50’s cane chair I’d bought on a whim, he offered to share his tips for taking something from drab to fab, using our new Flower Ring fabric.
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