New Pattern Alert: Pants with Pleats and Pockets? Please!
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Prepare to strut your stuff, friends: the fabulous Fern Pleated Pants are here, ready to become your favourite tailored-yet-comfy dream duds! Its bevvy of fantastic features make the Fern Pleated Pants perfect to express your personal style. Whether you’re hunting for a new look for work or want to add some terrific trousers to your smart-casual wardrobe, Fern will fit the bill!
Bringing some big pleat energy, these wide-leg beauties are style personified. Slanted front pockets add interest and shape, with the double darts on the back ensuring a great fit across the hip. Cut to sit right on your waist, the separate waistband comes together with a centre-back invisible zip to ensure a smooth finish and tailored silhouette.
With only four pattern pieces, the Fern Pleated Pants promises straightforward construction with big impact, making this pattern a great jumping-off point for advanced-beginner sewists to develop their skills, while still engaging intermediate and experienced sewists.
For our version, we chose the gorgeous ‘Giza Giza’ print in 85% cotton, 15% linen by Kata Kata Designs, available from Indy Bindy. This mid-weight natural fibre strikes a perfect balance between soft drape and good structure in the pleats department, making it an ideal choice for this pattern.
We’re so grateful to our sewing partners, Indy Bindy and SOHMO, for helping make this pattern happen!
Indy Bindy is a superb online fabric store that represents a bounty of indie Japanese fabric designers. Curated by fabric and sewing lover, Aims Watts, Indy Bindy invites you into the wonderful world of hand printing and artisan methods, allowing you to access unique Japanese fabrics. Self-expression is something Aims is passionate about, along with community and connection: join the Indy Bindy Sewciety, a premium membership group for sewists wanting even more from their craft – it’s THE place to connect, learn and grow together. From monthly masterclasses and guest experts to live catch ups and calendar prompts, it’ll get you creating with all the support you need to get as much as you can out of your sewing practice. On top of that, you’ll join an incredible, positive community of like-minded sewists!
Based in Tokyo, Aims also hosts Colourful Journey – an annual craft tour and retreat to go beyond the surface, connect with true artisans and experience traditional Japanese crafts first hand. This creative journey is not just a trip – it’s a vibrant, immersive experience where you’ll explore vibrant neighbourhoods, inspiring studios, and ancient traditions, guided by locals who live and breathe Japanese craft.
Whether you are a newbie or an advanced sewist, Indy Bindy has what you need to fill your creative cup.
Proudly Australian, SOHMO is the go-to destination for beautifully made tools for sewing, stitching, crafting and mending. Founded by Sonya Morris, who comes from a long line of sewists and creatives, SOHMO is built on an understanding of the difference good quality tools can make to your creative practice.
With sustainability at its core, SOHMO presents its products in low-impact, recyclable and stylish packaging, including metal tins and heavy card boxes designed for long-term use. The Butter Cookies Sewing Kit is a favourite – celebrating nostalgia with a modern twist, the keepsake tin is filled with thoughtfully selected, high-quality tools for everyday mending, making and creativity. Each piece in the SOHMO collection is designed to stand the test of time and bring lasting pleasure to the simple, grounding act of making with your hands.
Sew you think you can pants? Show us! And don’t forget to tag #PeppermintPatterns and #PeppermintFernPleatedPants when you share your makes.
Sewing level: Advanced Beginner
Size range: A-P
THANKS TO OUR FRIENDS AT INDY BINDY AND SOHMO FOR MAKING THIS PATTERN POSSIBLE!
PATTERN CONCEPT: OUR SEWING MANAGER, LAURA JACKSON PATTERNMAKER: ROLLASON BOWRING DESIGN IMAGES: KELLEY SHEENAN MODEL: AIMS FROM INDY BINDY, SHIRT and SHOES: MODEL’S OWN, LOCATION: MORNINGSIDE SCHOOL OF ARTS.
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NEW PATTERN ALERT 🎉
She’s giving comfort, she’s giving style, she’s giving palate-cleansing sewing. There’s nothing quite like an easy breezy dress that’s not only a dream to wear but a delight to sew, and the NEW Peppermint Myrtle Shift Dress delivers!
Cute, classic and cool with a touch of retro: the Myrtle Shift Dress is a beginner-friendly make with sleek lines and elegant curves. Bust darts are in play for shaping and spacious pockets to hold all your treasures. Top-stitching detail around the neck and armholes invites creative contrast threads and the keyhole loop closure at the back neck begs for a feature button (or a tie closure!).
Myrtle cuts above the knee with options to customise the length. Don’t think she’s reserved for hot weather either: try a heavier-weight fabric to turn your Myrtle into a pinafore-style garment for layering.
For our fabrics we chose two from @Karmme_Apparel – the bold Rottnest Stripes in a lightweight, soft-drape cotton, and the quality linen in the handpainted Mexico Collection. Karmme also stocks darling tassels so we popped a hot pink one on as a closure!
The love child of Imby Langenbach, Karmme Apparel (fittingly pronounced ‘calm’), is a haven of boho apparel sewing patterns alongside complementary fabrics steeped in tradition with modern iterations from Jaipur, India. Hand block-printed and digitally printed soft cottons produced by Indian artisans showcase rich colours and designs from Imby’s travels, perfect for showing off me-made masterpieces.
Our dresses were superbly stitched by our sewing manager @Laura_The_Maker, and modelled magnificently by Shannon @Pins_And_Tonic and Serah @SerahSews. And that perfect pink wall was courtesy of the good folk at @ShareTheDignityAustralia, an organisation that aims to bring dignity to women, girls and those who menstruate who are experiencing homelessness, domestic violence and period poverty.
Get making the Myrtle – the only question is, can you stop at just one?
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Photos: @KelleySheenan
Sewist: @Laura_The_Maker
Patternmaker: @GarmentaApparel
Models: @SerahSews and @Pins_And_Tonic
Fabric: @Karmme_Apparel
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Everyone is craving more connection.
Use these friend nights to make it happen in 2026.
Send this to the people you want to do these with.”
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No bull - these pants are the cat`s (or cow`s) pyjamas...
Jenny from @RhubarbSundays:
And they are done! My @PeppermintMagazine #PeppermintFernPleatedPants made using a gorgeous fabric from @IndyBindyFabrics! I absolutely love this fabric! It’s soft and drapes beautifully. And the best thing about it is that, from a distance, it looks like an abstract print and then you look closer and theres a curious bull looking right at you. 🤣🤣 🐄 🐮
Really happy with the end product. They are very comfy! I didn’t make many changes to the pattern. Just a touch more room in the rise and a little bit off the waist. I’ll post some closeups of the details tomorrow when I actually take them off. 🤣 "
Grab the pattern from the link in bio!
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Grab a digital copy from our website and read it whenever you like. 📱💻️
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🌤 Festival forecast: high creativity, with a strong chance of radical hope on the horizon.
If you’ve been craving a little colour in your calendar, consider this your sign. This May, the Sunshine Coast’s much-loved Horizon Festival is celebrating ten years of art, imagination and joyful gathering, returning from 1–10 May on Kabi Kabi and Jinibara Country.
For ten glorious days, beaches, streets, galleries and unexpected corners of the coast become places to wander, wonder and play. There’s music drifting on the sea breeze, performances that make you feel things, art you can step inside, and plenty of moments where you’re invited to join in rather than just watch. With 35+ events across the region (many of them free), expect live music, First Nations gatherings, immersive dance, family-friendly fun, writers’ talks, artist markets and more. At its heart, @HorizonArtFest is a celebration of people, place and shared imagination, honouring the first artists and storytellers, while making space for new voices and bold ideas.
Then there’s ‘Radical Hope Machine 2’: an immersive exhibition at Caloundra’s new Library+ that will fuse textiles, technology and storytelling. Featuring textile artist @Shaye_Hardisty, award-winning author Peter Carnavas and artist Sarah Winter, this series of events explores what hope looks, feels and sounds like to the Sunshine Coast community in response to the question: ‘how to solve the world’s wicked problems?’ We spoke with Shaye about tech vs textiles, magical garments and tiny joys.
Read more at the link in bio!
Photos: @HorizonArtFest
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Style, sass and simplicity: Miss Myrtle is almost here! 💕
Lay your peepers on the new Peppermint Myrtle Shift Dress – this sensational sewing pattern is going to be winging its way to subscribers inboxes this Sunday 1st March at 11am, so if you`re not a subscriber already, you know what to do!
We created this pattern with the support of @Karmme_Apparel – and how gorgeous are those fabrics! The love child of Imby Langenbach, Karmme Apparel (fittingly pronounced ‘calm’), is a haven of boho apparel sewing patterns alongside fabrics steeped in traditions with modern iterations from Jaipur, India.
Modelled magnificently by Shannon @Pins_And_Tonic and Serah @SerahSews, the Myrtle Shift Dress is a beginner-friendly make with sleek lines and elegant curves. You won’t be able to stop at just one!
Subscribers – keep an eye on your inbox on Sunday for your exclusive download code. Everyone else - subscribe now before Sunday so you don`t miss out!
Launch date: 5th March 💕
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Pink wall courtesy of the good folk at @ShareTheDignityAustralia, an organisation that aims to bring dignity to women, girls and those who menstruate who are experiencing homelessness, domestic violence and period poverty. 💕
Sewing and instructions: @Laura_The_Maker
Photos: @KelleySheenan
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