The Sea Point Promenade really is my favourite place to take a walk, and when the exercise ban lifted a few weeks ago, it became clear that I’m no exception there. There’s so much to see! Waves & surfers, paragliders & windblown trees, dads with prams & nurses with wheelchairs, doggos & joggers all making up a …
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Slowing down on the Promenade
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Threadcount Collective Reunite
10 years ago, Jane Solomon of FabricNation, Tracy Rushmere of Shine-Shine , me of Skinny laMinx, and Melissa Kerkhoff of Lula Fabrics, all had a textile collective that we called the Threadcount Collective. At the time, the textile industry in Cape Town was falling apart, and so the four of us would get together once …
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20 Days of HappyThanks #9: Mungo
This post is the 9th in a series of 10 instagram-based giveaways devised to promote our fellow business owners, as well as to give us a chance to say THANK YOU to all the people who support Skinny laMinx on social media all year long. A huge thank you to Mungo, whose very generous prize …
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More shapes of Flower Fields
Who can get enough of our Flower Fields fabric design? We certainly can’t, which is why we’ve been pushing it into new shapes lately, the most recent of which are our Oblong and Round throw pillow and scatter cushion shapes, piped in lemon. Yummy! The Pillow Lab is where we like to play with things …
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Colour Pop piping on Cushions and Pillows
We’re giving the Colour Pop treatment to everything now, because we LOVE the way it just gives our patterns a lift. Our latest trick is to use the Colour Pop palette to add piping to our patterned pillows and cushions. Don’t you think the lemon piping on our Flower Fields pillow is simply too fab? …
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We’re off to NY NOW!
This week we’re off to New York City to showcase Skinny laMinx at NY NOW, the market for home, lifestyle and gifts. Are you coming too? Visit us at the Javitz Centre from 12 – 15 August, where we’ll be showing in Booth 3875. See you there!
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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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We have headboards
Our plan for 2018 is to make Skinny laMinx the most helpful place you’ve ever been. So, not only do we have loads of fabric choices, we’ll also help you complete the home decoration project that you’ve been hatching. First, it was lampshades made to order, then we introduced chairs in your choice of fabric, …
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