Winter Issue 61

Our first Peppermint Pattern is here! Meet the Tansey Top • Embroidery joy from our cover artist Fleur Woods • The curious power of the compliment • Plastic-free beauty round-up • Colourful threads from Ellie Whittaker • Speaking out on mental health • Bangarra Dance Theatre • Building better communities • A fun thrift flip • 'Behind the seams' with Nancybird • Accessible art with Studio A • Visible mending • Using textile waste to forge connections

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A print magazine about style, sustainability and substance

Like Nice Stuff? You’ll Love The Great Artist Market at Felons Barrel Hall

The beers are crafty, the riverside is scenic and the market goods are so, so good. Bring on The Great Artist...

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Hear That? It’s the Sound of Cricuts (The Crafty Machine That’s Taken Over Instagram)

It’s the stickering, stencilling, decal-making wonder you didn’t know you needed – and suddenly it’s all over socials. But what...

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Get Your Fancy Pants On! Brisbane Fashion Month Is Coming!

There’s lots to love about October, especially if you’re in Brisbane, where the dressing up opportunities extend far beyond the...

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The Finders Keepers Melbourne Markets Are Fast Approaching! And the Line-Up Is Good

If you’re in need of ceramics, sewing supplies, butter crocks, socks, screen-prints or sangria-scented candles, might we suggest you head...

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Attending a Wedding? These 16 Sewing Patterns Are Guaranteed to Impress

Here at Peppermint we’re not afraid to come out with our bold pro-love stance. We’d go so far as to say we love love...

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Dress-Ups and Deep Conversations at Newcastle’s Hide and Seeker Vintage

Nestled in Newcastle’s creative hub of Islington, Hide and Seeker Vintage is a collaboration between a clever husband-and-wife duo –...

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Yotam Ottolenghi Takes On an Australian Barbecue Classic (and We Have the Recipe!)

Big news! The master of plant-based recipes and all things eggplant – Yotam Ottolenghi – has launched a cookbook dedicated...

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The Good Life: The Thrifter Who Created Her Own (Brilliant!) Thrift Shop

In honour of Second Hand September, we caught up with Castlemaine’s Tiffany Inglis to talk trends, upcycling and the challenges...

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Curves Ahead! A Great Big List of Lovely Size-Inclusive Australian Labels

Drab dresses designed to “hide sins”? Yawn. Give us the big bows and neon swirls of a made-to-order Dowk dress,...

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Think you’ve seen it all? Take a look at the World Famous Crochet Museum

In the Californian desert town of Joshua Tree, maker Shari Elf is on a mission to turn unloved items into...

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Artist Claire Ritchie Talks Influences, Gardening and Studio Essentials

If you happen to have come across Claire Ritchie’s joyful, feel-good illustrations, then it will come as no surprise to...

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Creative Escape: Designer Carlie Ballard’s Guide to the Central Coast

Offering up glorious scenery in all seasons, NSW’s Central Coast is particularly appealing in the springtime, when the great outdoors...

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Stick to your guns about the things that really matter. You should never compromise on the right thing to do just because it's easier.

BRIANNE WEST, ISSUE 61

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Brisbane friends! ✨

We’re very excited to be setting up camp at @TheGreatArtistMarket this weekend at @FelonsBarrelHall 🤸🏻

Come say hey and nab yourself (or a friend, believe it or not Rudolph is just around the corner!) a sweet special.

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Subscribe for $40 and receive our current issue 61 along with two surprise back issues - all wrapped in a fat quarter of @Spoonflower fabric!

Buy the current issue 62 for $20 and you’ll also get two surprise back issues wrapped in a fat quarter of @Spoonflower fabric!

We’ll also have some printed sewing patterns and our Sew Organised sewing journal (limited numbers left).

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There will be other amazing stalls a’plenty along with a performance by the fabulous @ThelmaPlum - see you there!

#PeppermintMagazine #TheGreatArtistMarket #ShopLocal #ShopHandmade #BrisbaneEvents #PeppermintPatterns
A little show and tell (or should that be Sew&Tell 🤔) from our sewing coordinator @Laura_The_Maker with the limited release silk fabric from the iconic @ErinLightfootStudio.

In a word: obsessed. 😍

Pattern: @StyleArc 
Sewing label: @KylieAndTheMachine

#SewistsOfInstagram #MeMade #SlowFashion #DesignerFabric #ErinLightfoot #SupportSmallBusiness #Sewing #FabricLove #FabricDesign
We are a reflection of nature, yet we question our beauty. 🌈 

Art by @toastedbyeli, who also so beautifully says: “Do you question the beauty of the sunset? A flower? A rainbow?”
🌟 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥! 🌟

According to @OneGirlOrg, 122 million girls around the world are denied an education. The charity believes that education is a lifeline and one of the most powerful instruments to reduce poverty, improve health and wellbeing, mitigate the climate change crisis, and ensure gender equality. 

From @OneGirlOrg -

Today, we celebrate the incredible strength and limitless potential of girls around the world as they break barriers and strive for a brighter future. 💜

At One Girl, we believe that when girls are empowered through education, they become 𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 in their pursuit of change - not just for themselves, but for their families, communities, and economies. ✨

Despite the challenges they face, girls are determined to build a world where they are respected and empowered. 

Today, as we celebrate International Day of the Girl, you can help empower girls through education to become 𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 world changers. 

Because when you educate a girl, everything changes. 🧡

Donate today ▶️ www.onegirl.org.au/IDG2024

#InternationalDayOfTheGirl #IDG2024 #GirlsEducation #InvestInGirls #UnstoppableGirls
The perfect jacket for your ward-robe! 😁

These lovely makes are from @Sew_Happy_Sewalongs:

“The #PeppermintRobeJacket is the perfect garment for feeling feminine, comfortable, and classy.

I made one version from a lightweight, sheet floral chiffon as well as another version from a mix of leftover linen bits.  Love them both so much!“

Find this pay-what-you-can pattern, created in collab with @Common_Stitch, on our website! 🪡 

#PeppermintPatterns #ScrappyProject #MeMade #SewistsOfInstagram #Sew #SewingPatterns #ScrapBuster
Beautiful words from @faratucker 🫶🏼

“I guess I keep trying to find words—not because I think my words matter, but because something inside me insists upon it. Because it’s still happening. Because the point is you shouldn’t have to be directly impacted by something to care about it and to speak out against it. 
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Many of us have been psychologically, spiritually, chemically changed forever by what we’ve witnessed—and by the undeniable truths that have been revealed. ⁣Many of us have been shouting into what seems like the void every day for a year. But the thing is, we aren’t shouting into a void. It feels like that at times, but we are speaking from and into the collective. We need to remember this and let it fuel us. We are many. And we speak a truth dangerous enough to the powers that be to be silenced over and over again. ⁣
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It can feel hard to keep believing, hoping, speaking, showing up, especially in the face of indifferent or complicit governments. But who would we be if we shrugged our shoulders and moved on? Maybe it won’t matter, but don’t we have to try?”
Food for thought about that $15 t-shirt, courtesy of @frontoffice.co

#SustainableFashion #EthicalFashion #WhoMadeMyClothes #WhoMadeYourClothes