| By Caitlin Moriarty | 30/5/2022

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12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAYS 🎁⁠
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🎄On the fifth day of Christmas, Peppermint gave to me... a Beddie giveaway 🎄⁠
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Today's your chance to win one of two $250 vouchers to spend on beautiful bedding from Beddie! Inspired by vintage patterns and playful nostalgia, designer Deborah Brown started Beddie – a dreamy range of heirloom quality sheets, quilt covers and pillowcases. Not only is each piece manufactured using Oeko-Tex-certified cotton and dyes, but thoughtful details like extra-wide elastic, generously sized pillowcases and hidden zippers on quilt covers mean making the bed is no longer a nightmare.⁠
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For your chance to win, just follow @Beddie_Beautiful_Bedding and tag a friend in the comments below before midday AEST 6 December! (Australian and New Zealand addresses only please.) Good luck!⁠
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#PeppermintMagazine #12DaysOfChristmas #12DaysOfGiveaways #EthicalChristmas #Beddie

We're throwing it back to Issue 56's gorgeous #PeppermintRosalieSkirt today because Johanna Morris, the lovely New Zealand-based patternmaker behind Forget-Me-Not Patterns, has just released a pattern expansion! ⁠
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From @ForgetMeNotPatterns: ⁠
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"💃 She’s here! Our free/pay-what-you-want pattern expansion is available on the site today. I hope you guys appreciate this little pattern project. This one goes out to all the dart-lovers who appreciate a tailored fit in the back 🥰. You can check out the blog post for more info but basically, we initially released this pattern with an elastic back in collaboration with @PeppermintMagazine and now we've added a variation on it that replaces the elastic with darts and a fitted waistband. Enjoy!⁠
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P.S. Which do you prefer, the cottage-core vibe or the witchy vibe? 😄 I loved branching out a bit with this style and this shoot! 🖤"⁠
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#PeppermintPatterns #SewersOfInstagram #MeMade #Sewcialists #SlowFashion #SewingLove #MakeItYourself

International Day of People with Disability 💚⁠
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"When I was a kid, I used to put posters of my idols on my bedroom walls – pop stars, actors, models, even a cricketer! I wanted to know everything about them – and dreamed of becoming a journalist so I too could write articles about my idols. I looked to them to show me what was possible. But none of them were disabled… yet I was.⁠
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"Although I have lived with ichthyosis, a severe rare skin condition, since birth, I didn't identify as disabled until I came to know other disabled people and saw how much we had in common. While I had a different diagnosis, we experienced similar barriers – inaccessible spaces, discrimination, significant time off work and school because of illness, and hospital appointments and stays. I also admired the strong sense of pride many of the disabled people I came to know had.⁠
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"If I had known more disabled people when I was younger, I would have found disability pride sooner. I would have seen that disability isn't shameful or limiting. I would have been reassured that I could lead both an ordinary and extraordinary life." ⁠
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In Issue 60, appearance activist @CarlyFindlay rewrites a childhood yearning for disabled representation with her own seven icons, complemented by this gorgeous poster by beloved Brissie artist @Nordacious. Grab a copy of the issue today to get this baby on your own walls and read more from Carly!⁠
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Big love to legendary Melbourne fashion label @ObusClothing for their contribution to Carly’s work for this feature.⁠
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Clockwise from top left: @TheBlindChefCafePenrith, @FirstNations_Feminist, @ChenaiMupotsa, @ElizabethLWright, @Nats_What_I_Reckon, @DJCooperSmith, @Shelby.Sherritt⁠
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#IDPwD

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAYS 🎁⁠
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🎄On the third day of Christmas, Peppermint gave to me... a GreenPan giveaway 🎄⁠
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Today's your chance to win $645 worth of ceramic cookware from the sustainable cooking specialists at GreenPan! GreenPan scrambled their competitors like eggs when they introduced their groundbreaking ceramic non-stick, PFAS-free cookware back in 2007. Instead of using PTFE, the innovative coating is based on a derivative of sand and boasts the same non-stick properties without PFAS, PFOA, lead or cadmium. Now celebrating 16 years of sustainable cooking, the Mayflower collection allows you to embrace your inner Nigella – BYO robe, fabulous dinner guests and comedic pronunciation of the word “microwave”.⁠
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For your chance to win, just follow @TheOriginalGreenPan.ANZ and tag a friend in the comments below before midday AEST 4 December! (Australian and New Zealand addresses only please.) Good luck!⁠
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UPDATE: Congratulations @Kat.Sat.Mat 👏👏👏 You’re our lucky winner! Send us a DM with your name, email and address so we can arrange your prize 🩷✨

#PeppermintMagazine #12DaysOfChristmas #12DaysOfGiveaways #EthicalChristmas #GreenPanANZ

MEET THE PATTERNMAKER 🪡⁠
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Summer’s here and by this point, you'll have seen we’re coming in hot with our latest pattern – the #PeppermintBronteBathers. This exclusive, fun-in-the-sun pattern was created for us in collaboration with the marvellous Sharon and Justine Cowie from @SwimStylePatterns.⁠
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Making patterns for almost 40 years, Sharon has always shared the joys of sewing with her daughter, Justine, and together they launched Swim Style Patterns.⁠
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In the spirit of going behind the seams, we caught up with the mother-daughter duo to learn more about their label and to rack their brains for tips and tricks when creating the swimsuit. Read on at the link in our bio. ⁠
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#PeppermintMagazine #PeppermintPatterns #SewersOfInstagram #MeMade #Sewcialists #SlowFashion #SewingLove #MakeItYourself

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAYS 🎁⁠
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🎄On the second day of Christmas, Peppermint gave to me... a Black Finch Jewellery giveaway 🎄⁠
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Today's your chance to win a stunning 9ct gold sickle moon necklace set with a brilliant cut white diamond (valued at $690) from the lovely folk at Black Finch Jewellery. Inspired by the beauty of precious stones and the majesty of the universe, Black Finch Jewellery incorporates customers’ stories into their bespoke pieces – weaving sustainability and ethics through every part of their process to create something truly special.⁠
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For your chance to win, just follow @BlackFinch_Jewellery and tag a friend in the comments below before midday AEST 3 December! (Australian addresses only please.) Good luck!⁠
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UPDATE: Congratulations @MissMarleeD 👏👏👏 You’re our lucky winner! Send us a DM with your name, email and address so we can arrange your prize 🩷✨

#PeppermintMagazine #12DaysOfChristmas #12DaysOfGiveaways #EthicalChristmas #BlackFinchJewellery

Where has the year gone, sweet stitchy pals?! We’re absolutely flying through the months – Christmas trees are sprouting in living rooms across the world; calendars are booked and busy with parties and gatherings galore; and in this, the penultimate month of the year, you sewists have been churning out some magical makes!⁠
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So, to get a headstart on a time full of festivities, we’re celebrating some of our favourite Peppermint makers and makes with another marvellous edition of The Stitch Up at the link in our bio. If you want to show off your sensational sewing, be sure to tag us in your posts on Instagram and you might see yourself in The Stitch Up in months to come!⁠
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#PeppermintMagazine #PeppermintPatterns #SewersOfInstagram #MeMade #Sewcialists #SlowFashion #SewingLove #MakeItYourself #FreePatterns

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAYS 🎁⁠
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🎄On the first day of Christmas, Peppermint gave to me... a TWOOBS giveaway 🎄⁠
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It's back, back, back again, friends! We’ve partnered with some of our favourite ethical and sustainable brands to give away gifts galore in the lead-up to Christmas. ⁠
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This year, we’re starting strong with our fabulous friends at TWOOBS! Since launching in 2016, TWOOBS – known for making super comfy shoes out of vegan materials in bright colours with fun names – have found their way onto the feet of cool kids everywhere, offsetting their carbon emissions in the process. Upgrade your footwear game and be the envy of friends and strangers alike by winning a massive $500 voucher to spend online! ⁠
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⁠For your chance to win, just follow @TWOOBS and tag a friend in the comments below before midday AEST 2 December! (Australian and New Zealand addresses only please.) Good luck!⁠
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UPDATE: Congratulations @Jodie_Ballard 👏👏👏 You’re our lucky winner! Send us a DM with your name and email address so we can arrange your prize 🩷✨

#PeppermintMagazine #12DaysOfChristmas #12DaysOfGiveaways #EthicalChristmas #TWOOBS

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