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i sew clothes, travel the world, save lives, etc

Sunday, 20 December 2015

Thai copy artists & ikat silk

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My favourite pair of summer pants: sorry very small picture They are so threadbare that I was almost worried a copy would be too big...
Friday, 18 December 2015

Glutted on Textiles in Chiang Mai

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Enough talking about fabric.  I don't usually take photos of people, of things in shops, or surreptitiously.  But here's the except...
Wednesday, 2 December 2015

More on traditional Thai weaving patterns

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So in Chiang Mai I found a huge number of shops selling woven items.  Some of them come from the hilltribes in the area: the Lanna, Hmong, ...
Sunday, 29 November 2015

Thailand & silk Ikat

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It was only my first day in Bangkok but I sniffed out the fabric somehow.  I went into the Textile Museum, which is an exhibit off to the s...
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Thursday, 22 October 2015

Opale dress from Grains de Couture

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After luck put me in Delft during the weekend of the fabric market, I had sewing on the brain.  I lasted one week without sewing: )  I ende...
Sunday, 11 October 2015

Grains de Couture Onyx, Renfrew, Cambie and an owl skirt!

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This is a post full of the things I got roped into doing specifically for other people this summer.  I knew I was sewing for other people a...
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begonia
Queenstown, New Zealand
I'm a polyglot globetrotting doctor with an unrelenting need for creative engagement, ie sewing. My friends love me because they get half of what I make. I will love you if you tell me how to sew better! You can reach me at begonia [at] gmail dot com
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