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The Xanele Shorts

July 15, 2021July 15, 2021Leave a comment

This pattern is fondly named after my adventurous friend Xanelé (pronounced Shan-a-lee). These shorts were inspired by (and created for) the 5am Table Mountain hikes that she and I regularly embarked upon, (and the much-needed sanity and perspective that these walks, and our talks, afforded me) as we were coming out of South Africa’s first … Continue reading The Xanele Shorts

The Stellan Tee

January 18, 2019March 24, 201985 Comments

Hello there internet... it certainly has been a while. If you follow me on Instagram then you may have noticed that I have been threatening to release a free T-shirt pattern on numerous occasions over the past year and a bit. I didn't anticipate it taking quite so long to actually happen but it seems … Continue reading The Stellan Tee

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Nothing much to see here, just a very basic and boring button-up that I’ve been working on the past few months. Does the world need another button-up shirt pattern? I doubt it, but decided to pursue it anyway mostly because it’s a pattern that I’ve been sewing for years and I still reach for these shirts on a weekly basis. Also, I suppose, if I’m true to the origins of this little ‘business’, then my intention was to create timeless patterns that I like to wear that (hopefully) transcend the fickleness of fashion. So, if nothing else, at least all the samples I’ve been sewing will come in handy, even if nobody wants to buy this pattern.

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Nothing much to see here, just a very basic and boring button-up that I’ve been working on the past few months. Does the world need another button-up shirt pattern? I doubt it, but decided to pursue it anyway mostly because it’s a pattern that I’ve been sewing for years and I still reach for these shirts on a weekly basis. Also, I suppose, if I’m true to the origins of this little ‘business’, then my intention was to create timeless patterns that I like to wear that (hopefully) transcend the fickleness of fashion. So, if nothing else, at least all the samples I’ve been sewing will come in handy, even if nobody wants to buy this pattern.

It’s weird how over the past few years my Instagram sewing account sort of morphed into a business account and then I kind of became viewed as an entity / business more than just a person, or at least that’s what lots of people assume sometimes I think from the comments and messages that I often get. This platform used to be an escape from real life stresses and stressors and I’ve become very absent over here of late because I’ve just felt it’s to be quite a lot of ‘noise’ some of which has been quite negative, or has negatively affected me at least.

Without any further ado I’ve decided release #thexaneleshorts pattern out into the world today

It’s the most beautiful sunny winters day in Cape Town and my appendages have defrosted enough for me to take more photos for #thexaneleshorts pattern release (next week hopefully) and to spam you with another decapitated picture of me, as if one wasn’t enough for one weekend.

I’m jumping right back into #thexaneleshorts and hoping (possibly optimistically) to release the pattern next week. This pattern was just about ready for release in early February but then I had the amazing opportunity to work with Peppermint magazine and so I put it on the back burner for the past 4 months. A major hurdle for me in releasing these now is the fact that we are in the depths of an exceptionally freezing winter in Cape Town and wearing / photographing shorts is rather unpleasant! I tried convincing many people to model for me but was unsuccessful in doing so… can’t say that I blame them. I did manage to take a few photos this morning but lost all feeling in my fingers so decided to wait for it to warm up a little bit.

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