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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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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Dangerous Females Fundraising Runway: Fashion, Fun & All The Feels
Seeking to contribute to a good cause, indulge in creativity, connection and community, and you’d like it served with a...
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Clean + Conscious Awards Winners: The Best Serums, Swimmers and Snacks For A Green Glow Up
If you’re in the market for zero-waste skincare, tried-and-trusted period products, disposable nappies, ethically produced chocolate – ALL of the...
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Country to Couture: Fashion As A Celebration Of Culture And Creativity
Two sold-out shows, 20 collections and 60,000 years of culture woven together with modern innovation; the stunning spectacle that was...
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Join The Repair Revolution With These Stylish & Durable Textile Mending Patches
Meet Sophie and Megan Dyring, the sisters who turned a wardrobe malfunction into a nifty solution – beautifully designed textile...
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7 Acts of Everyday Activism to Drive Change in Modern Times
Global warming, plastic pollution, societal inequality, female education in the developing world, the plight of asylum seekers, animal rights –...
Read moreStick 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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THE STITCH UP 🪡
For us lucky folks in the Southern Hemisphere, spring is in the air! And as the daffodils bloom, so do our Peppermint pals’ warm-weather makes. Just look at this transeasonal finery, each design crafted with our pay-what-you-can Peppermint Patterns.
And if you’re working on one of our patterns, or you’ve got a garment squirrelled away that you haven’t posted yet, get it up on socials and tag away so we can ogle your clever creation!
For downloadable patterns, head to the link in bio. 🌞🌞🌞
1/ @DabbamotoDesigns Wrap Skirt (@InTheFolds)
2/ @WhatEmMakes_ Wide-Strap Maxi Dress (@Elbe_Textiles)
3/ MelHollandMakes Paddington Top (@FrenchNavyNow_)
4/ @Patricia_Sews_A_Lot Rosalie Skirt (@ForgetMeNotPatterns)
5/ @Gabby_Sews Wrap Skirt (@InTheFolds)
#PeppermintMagazine #PeppermintPatterns #SewersOfInstagram #MeMade #Sewcialists #SlowFashion #SewingLove #MakeItYourself
Nestled in Newcastle’s creative hub of Islington, @hideandseekervintage is a collaboration between a clever husband-and-wife duo – Geordie creates bespoke leatherwork while Eartha sources secondhand treasures.
“There is so much stuff out there already, and a whole world of people who are sourcing, curating, washing and mending that stuff, giving it new life. Vintage and secondhand are so accessible now. And if you do buy new, where you can, buy from the people making it. From materials that will last. And can be passed on from person to person.”
Take a peek inside at the link in our bio, where Eartha chats about how her passion for thrifting started, the reasons she can`t resist an amazing jumpsuit, and why their sunny little shop is the perfect spot to strike up a chat with strangers 🧡
#PeppermintMagazine #SustainableFashion #EthicalFashion #ShopLocal #OpShopWeek #NationalOpShopWeek #ThriftedFashion #PrelovedFashion #ThriftShopping #Vintage #Secondhand #SecondHandSeptember
Big news! The master of plant-based recipes, @Ottolenghi, has launched a cookbook dedicated to comfort food, along with three other collaborators; Helen Goh, Verena Lochmuller and Tara Wigley. Oozing with nostalgia, the dishes in COMFORT make you feel warm and fuzzy on the inside. We’re talking about the kind of food that’s best eaten on the couch with the telly blasting. Social graces be damned! There’s even an Australian BBQ classic – the chocolate ripple cake – and we have the recipe!! Find it in the link in our bio along with a creamy potato salad that makes the perfect lazy Sunday lunch ☀️
And – be excited – we have a copy of COMFORT to give away! To enter, tag a friend in the comments below. We’ll draw the winner next Thursday, 19 September (open to Australian and New Zealand addresses only). Good luck!
📷 @Jonathan.Lovekin
Published by @PenguinBooksAus
@Helen_Goh_Bakes @VerenaLochmuller @Tara.Wigley #PeppermintMagazine #PeppermintBetterTogether #Sponsored #YotamOttolenghi #Ottolenghi #Comfort
Huge congrats to the wonderful team at High Tea With Mrs Woo - we can’t wait to see the outcome! 🙌🏼
From @HighTeaWithMrsWoo -
“📣✨ PSA, friends! We have some crazy exciting news to share 🙌🏻-!!
Firstly, a BIG HELLO to all our new followers 👋🏻 You’re about to dive into a process with us that we hope you’ll find interesting and inspiring.
OK -!! The big news is, we’ve just been granted some valuable funding for our Zero Waste Garment from Zero Waste Yarn project, thanks to the City of Sydney Innovation & Ideas Program *eep!! We’re beyond excited -!!
We’re straight into it - here’s a little video of us meeting with one of our project partners. So fantastic to work with Lisa Lake at Centre for Excellence in Fashion Sustainability and textile experts Doris Li and Shirley Tam at the University of Technology Sydney 🙏🏻✨
For all you lovely folks who’ve been following us and loved our Recycled Yarn project, you’ll be as thrilled as we are on this dream evolution coming true -!!
If you missed it, you can READ UP on our Recycled Yarn Project (link in profile) as a preface to this exciting new chapter of our mission to close the loop in clothing production 🤘🏻✨
#CircularFashion #ZeroWaste #SustainableFashion #SlowFashion #HighTeaWithMrsWoo
WHAT A VIBE 💃🪡
Hi, Laura here! On Saturday I attended my first ever Frocktails event, hosted by the delightful team @BrisbaneSpoolettes and it didn’t disappoint! The outfits, the accessories, the smiles, the snacks and the “oh my goodness, can I touch your dress?” was enough to make my sewing-loving heart skip a stitch! It was an endless joy to see old friends, make new ones and I came away with inspiration in spades. Anyone else want to lock themselves away with their sewing machine for a week and turn out a new wardrobe? Yeah, same here, friend.
The sewing community of Brisbane (and some committed Melbourne stitchers, who flew in for the event) nailed the brief! I was so impressed and so proud of everyone’s work. What a talented bunch we are.
My dress/bag/earrings/Twoobs thingies: Self drafted
Fabric: @Warlu_Art from @SpotlightStores
Headband pattern: @_DIYDaisy
We heart meeting our wonderful Peppermint pals IRL, which is why, just quietly, we just *may* have some events of our own on the horizon... Stay tuned!
Well done to the Spoolettes team - what a fabulous night! 🙌🏼
Extra videos and photos from (and of!) some of our sewing friends: @Definatalie @BritaSews @M_o_l_l_y_m_o_l_l_y @EllieWhittakerStudio @Melt.Stitches @Jac_Sewandtell @SewToGrow @Pins_And_Tonic @SueChingLascelles
#PeppermintMagazine #PeppermintPatterns #Frocktails #BrisbaneFrocktails #MeMade #BrisbaneSews #Sewcialite
Second Hand September 👗
According to Oxfam, who coined Second Hand September back in 2019, producing just one cotton t-shirt requires 2,700 litres of water. There are many reasons to try and reduce our fashion footprint, from mass pollution of the production and transportation of clothes to a throwaway culture that leaves millions of clothes in landfill every year. And of course, precious resources like water are being used up.
Whatever your style, whatever your budget, Second Hand September is for everyone. Over the past few years, thousands of people have taken up the challenge of dressing for the world they want to see.
Find inspo by searching #SecondHandSeptember and remember to buy – and donate – preloved responsibly.
@OxfamAustralia @OxfamInternational
#SecondHandSeptember #Oxfam #Preloved #PrelovedFashion #SecondhandFashion #Upcycled #Vintage
Let this stunning bikini by @RachaelCanStitch be the inspiration you need to get sewing for swimsuit season.
Briefs are the Peppermint Bronte Bathers, a pattern we created with Swim Style Patterns. Grab the pay-what-you-can pattern from our website – link in bio! 🌼👙🫧🩲
From Rachael:
"Sewing swimwear is easier than knit clothing, honestly!
Anyone who’s sewn with bamboo or rayon jersey will know the slinky terror. But swimwear fabric is stable and firm, it lies flat and doesn’t roll, and a whole outfit and no need for an overlocker or coverstitch. I’m converted.
Top is #TidalBikiniTop by @SwimStylePatterns in a size 10. I used the binding method and removed the cup pocket and instead sandwiched the foam cups between front and lining, attaching them directly to the lining with a zig zag. This is just my pref so the cups can’t shift while swimming.
The bottoms are #PeppermintBronteBathers in size 10. This a free pattern available with @PeppermintMagazine or pay what you can via their website. I had to modify the front as I only had the tiniest floral fabric left so I used a section for the front and then halved the waistband so it’s floral at the front and black at the back. There is also a bikini top I’ve made (in previous posts) and both designed by @SwimStylePatterns - can’t recommend the instructions and supporting graphics enough. They were so clear and helpful.
Patterned fabric is from @TheMakerSocietyAustralia"
#PeppermintPatterns #PeppermintMagazine #MeMade #PeppermintSewingSchool #SewingWithLycra #SewersOfInstagram #Sewcialists #SlowFashion #SewingLove #MakeItYourself
Second Hand September!
When we buy something preloved, it’s not often we get to connect with the previous owner and share its new adventures. Not so with @ZachMander and Andre, and the ‘brotherhood of the travelling jacket’.
This Salvos gem spoke to Zach, who says “I liked it because it had elbow patches which make you look smart. They also help you go fast down slippery slides.”
The jacket lives on 💫
#PeppermintMagazine #SustainableFashion #EthicalFashion #WorldChangers #OpShopWeek #NationalOpShopWeek #ThriftedFashion #PrelovedFashion #ThriftShopping #Vintage #Secondhand #SecondHandSeptember
Here at Peppermint, we`re big fans of #SecondHandSeptember (and Second Hand October, November, December... You get the gist – we`re always up for preloved goodies). To celebrate, we`ll be profiling a few nifty, thrifty stores, starting with @TheGoodOpShop in Castlemaine, Victoria.
Founder Tiffany Inglis opened The Good Op Shop after her partner poked fun at her op-shopping habit, suggesting she may as well open one herself. Now she`s on a mission to change people`s consumption habits.
“Buying is such a rewarding experience for people,” she says. “It’s something people love doing: it makes you feel good and you get a reward at the end of it. So, trying to change that is a massive challenge.”
To read more of Tiffany`s story, head to the link in bio. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
#PeppermintMagazine #SustainableFashion #EthicalFashion #SocialEnterprise #SocialImpact #GiveBack #WorldChangers
#peppermintmagazine #OpShopWeek #NationalOpShopWeek #ThriftedFashion #PrelovedFashion #ThriftShopping #Vintage #Secondhand
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, the exquisite cut of a @Made590 jumpsuit or the gothic black tulle of @PeloponneseTheLabel, thank you very much. Because we reckon bodies are beautiful. And it’s pretty great to have one to dress up.
So, whether your heart beats for romantic, vintage-inspired florals or you’re in the market for an office-appropriate jumpsuit, we have you covered with this ginormous list (28 brands!!!) of the very best body-loving, size-inclusive (and sustainable!) Australian fashion labels…
Head to the link in our bio, and let us know of any other labels you`d like to see on the list!
#PeppermintMagazine #SustainableFashion #EthicalFashion #InclusiveFashion #PlusSizeFashion #PlusSize #Inclusivity #AllBodies #SizeInclusive
GIVEAWAY 💖
If you’re familiar with Brisbane-based artist @claire__ritchie’s joyful, feel-good illustrations, you’ll be excited to know this creator of the most delightful stationery, textiles and artwork has teamed up with @RobertGordonPottery on a colourful new collaboration just in time for spring.
More delightful news: Peppermint have 3 x prizes to give away! Each goodie pack is valued at $179.75 and includes:
🌸 1 x set mugs (4 total) $19.95 each
🌼 1 x Up Close bowl $99.95 each
To enter, follow @Claire__Ritchie and @RobertGordonPottery and tag a friend in the comments below. We’ll draw the winner next Wednesday, 11 September (open to Australian and New Zealand addresses only). Once you’ve tagged your pal, head over to the link in our bio for a behind-the-scenes at Claire’s beautiful blooms and her creative process.
#PeppermintMagazine #RobertGordon #SlowMakers #SupportLocal #Ceramics #Pottery
"It all started when a fellow folk artist gave me two crocheted poodle bottle covers for my birthday many years ago, and said, `You should collect these.` I wasn’t that on board with the idea, but I put them on my shelf and quickly found companion poodles at a yard sale days later. I guess that’s how collections start – similar things look good together and they magnetise more, and soon you have a large collection of crochet poodles in your bathroom you have to build a special shelf for.
Then you move to Kansas City, Missouri, and, well, they have really good estate sales and thrift stores full of cute crochet animals, so you build a bigger shelf and you jokingly call it the Crochet Museum. Then later, as the collection grows, you somehow end up with an old photo kiosk that used to be a drive-through one-hour photo-processing building, and your new boyfriend just bought a complex with apartments and stores and garages in Joshua Tree that would make the perfect home for it. And you always liked the idea of calling it ‘world famous’ for fun, so you call it the World Famous Crochet Museum and the next thing you know you have a roadside attraction."
The @WorldFamousCrochetMuseum in the Californian desert town of Joshua Tree is the brainchild of found-object artist @Shari.Elf. Shari turns unloved items into treasured works of art – head to the link in our bio to see more!
📸 @KelleyTakesPhotos
#PeppermintMagazine #WorldFamousCrochetMuseum #CrochetMuseum #Crochet #UpcycledFashion #RecycledArt
