Christmas Countdown: How to Craft Your Very Own Advent Calendar

Countdown to Christmas and craft yourself a soon-to-be treasured family heirloom with the Peppermint Christmas Tree Advent Calendar!

Sleigh Your Christmas Party Dress Game with These Festive Frock Patterns

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…. Which, for anyone old enough to be disillusioned about the existence of the Big Jolly Man, means...

Have Yourself a Crafty Little Christmas This Year…

Saying Christmas has become an over-commercialised holiday is a bit like saying water is wet or global warming is a serious concern that requires immediate...

“Where Were the People I Recognised as Sewists?”: Meet the Patternmaker

Sunny days are here to stay with our latest free pattern – the Peppermint Skye Shorts – a dashing pair of swinging swing shorts. This...

Cut It Out! Create These Cute Papercut Art Cards Just in Time for Christmas

Nothing beats the meditative practice of cutting out paper and Studio Flos‘ Claire Cassidy has it down to a fine, carefully cut art. With Christmas...

Have Some Old, Leftover Fabric? Who You Gonna Call? Scrap Busters!

Picture this… You finish a fabulous sewing project and you bought just the right amount of material. All that’s left are scraps – not large...

Sewing School: The Peppermint Skye Shorts Are Here!

Collaborating with London-based patternmaker Mandi Bharij from Make With Mandi, we’ve created the Peppermint Skye Shorts to be both glam and practical! Inspired by the...

Sewing for the Perfect Fit: How to Do a Full Bust Adjustment

Hello, my name is Mireille and in the immortal words of Kath Day-Knight, I’m a Country Road size 10...

From Dishes to Dresses: This Sewist Is Transforming Tea Towels for a Good Cause

Sue-Ching Lascelles is a Brisbane-based artist who, like many of us, went through a home sewing kick during lockdown. Combining vintage wedding dress, nightgown and...

Get Your Stitch on with These Beginner-Friendly Embroidery Kits

Ever since Emma Downing of Yarn Industries took us into the magical world of embroidery – you can find four exclusive Peppermint embroidery patterns in...

Sew like a Bro: Where to Find Cool Men’s Sewing Patterns

There’s nothing inherently gendered about the act of sewing. Almost everyone could probably name a male sewist off the top of their head whether it’s...

Meet Sew&Tell – Our New Digital Sewing Magazine!

We are bursting at the seams to share with you something we’ve been working on for quite some time now… and it’s finally out in...