While putting together my Colour Book, I paid a visit to the treasure trove that is Space For Life in Howe St, Observatory, to see if there were any pieces that might work with the new Diggi Dot range. I chatted to Stefan Frylinck, who loved the fabrics and had lots of ideas. It was …
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Space for Life & Diggi Dot
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Colour Book: Liquorice Mint
That’s a photo of my sitting room, you know! I took while preparing the Liquorice Mint colour board in our Colour Book, and liked it so much that I left it exactly the same after the shoot (give or take a picturesquely placed cat or two). I’m probably not allowed to have favourites, but you can probably …
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Colour Book 2015/16: Fruit Salad
One of my biggest jobs every year is styling and photographing our catalogues. This year, I really had a good time working on the Colour Book, where I created five distinct looks that showcase the Diggi Dot collection, and also shows how it integrates with the existing Skinny laMinx prints. It’s a LOT of work, …
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Diggi Dot – the Movie
I hope you spotted the fun we were having on Instagram with a series of short-short ‘teaser’ videos leading up to the Diggi Dot launch? Well, now that we’ve finally launched, here’s a full video telling the story behind this fabric collection. And… action!
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Diggi Dot
Last year, I went off to Jaipur at the invitation of Ritchie Ace Camps, to teach a three day course in pattern generation and design as part of a seven day experiential tour focussed on traditional Indian block printing and dying techniques. My role was to teach how to design and create pattern using lino …
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Seconds online
Thanks so much to all the Capetonians who came out over the weekend to make our Studio Sale such a roaring success. I heard some disconsolate wails from elsewhere in the country last week, wishing they could be in Cape Town too, so the good news is that I’ve listed bundles of seconds tea towels …
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Ooh! ooh!
Looky look! My Herds fabric is on the cover of Visi magazine! It’s one shot in a lovely story featuring textiles by local designers, and guess what? Threadcount Collective members feature heavily! See Shine Shine, Fabricnation & Lula Fabrics all strutting their stuff (and see more of their stuff by visiting the Threadcount website, and …
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