She Wears Shwe-Shwe Vox 2008-05-06T06:00:52Z ann http://shewearsshweshwe.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2252a5c7a604a/ Joburg Fashion Kapitol tag:vox.com,2008-05-06:asset-6a00c2252a5c7a604a00e398f6dec60004 2008-05-06T12:45:06Z 2008-05-06T06:00:52Z ann http://shewearsshweshwe.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I read this morning on the Joburg website that the Fashion Kapitol is almost complete. This has been a long term project as part of the rejuvenation of the inner city, and I am very excited that it is near completion. I think I was last there tw...

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I have just come back from a wonderful weeks holiday in the little village of Rhodes in the Eastern Cape with some fabulous friends. I saw quite a bit of shwe shwe wearing in the village, but only managed to get some photos of the ladies at a...

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]]> Fly Away Shwe Shwe Birds tag:vox.com,2008-04-25:asset-6a00c2252a5c7a604a00e398f34eb30004 2008-04-25T13:34:40Z 2008-04-25T06:37:28Z ann http://shewearsshweshwe.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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The Wren - whose gorgeous shwe shwe bags I have mentioned before has made the lovliest little bird pouches made from remnant shwe shwe and other fabrics. They are so lovely thought, that the moment she puts them up on her esty shop they fly a...

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]]> Makotis tag:vox.com,2008-04-15:asset-6a00c2252a5c7a604a00f48cee9bdb0002 2008-04-15T13:31:47Z 2008-04-24T08:26:41Z ann http://shewearsshweshwe.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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I have been chatting to Miss P who wants to make a bubble dress out of shwe shwe, an exciting idea. She was telling me about Makoti, a great store in downtown Johannesburg that makes great shwe shwe outfits, and I went to have a look at their ...

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]]> Spirals and Stripes tag:vox.com,2008-04-10:asset-6a00c2252a5c7a604a00e398eebfab0005 2008-04-10T14:07:41Z 2008-04-10T07:10:13Z ann http://shewearsshweshwe.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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I bought some great new shwe shwe at my favourite store Arthur Bales in Linden last week. I love the spirals because they remind me of the spirograph I used to love playing with as a child. My nephew and niece recently got one too, and I got t...

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]]> Madiba Shwe shwe Aprons tag:vox.com,2008-03-31:asset-6a00c2252a5c7a604a00f48ce9c7790002 2008-03-31T12:19:44Z 2008-03-31T05:26:01Z ann http://shewearsshweshwe.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Two of my neighbours kids had their birthdays recently. Birthdays for some of these kids are very different from the birthdays of my nephew and niece (In scenario one my niece got to choose to a nother real live pony as a present as well a...

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]]> Gorgeous Shwe shwe bags tag:vox.com,2008-03-12:asset-6a00c2252a5c7a604a00f48ce3811b0002 2008-03-12T13:26:35Z 2008-03-12T06:33:38Z ann http://shewearsshweshwe.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Take a look at these gorgeous Shwe shwe bags made by The Wren. I love the use of fabrics, the size, the style AND the fact that something this great is locally made. There is also a post on the Wren Blog about The shwe shwe story if you need a...

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]]> Duro Dress tag:vox.com,2008-02-28:asset-6a00c2252a5c7a604a00f48cdf9a0c0003 2008-02-29T03:12:16Z 2008-03-10T08:37:15Z ann http://shewearsshweshwe.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Ever since I started taking a deeper look at shwe shwe and the way the reverse of the material was used I was determined to use it in a dress with reverse bodice details. I had an idea in my mind of what type of dress I would like it to be, b...

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]]> From the heart tag:vox.com,2008-02-28:asset-6a00c2252a5c7a604a00e398e127e20004 2008-02-28T14:38:08Z 2008-02-28T19:13:23Z ann http://shewearsshweshwe.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Made this baby vest for a friend of ours that is expecting her first baby. I thought the brown would be applicable for either a boy or a girl, and used an applique stitch on my sewing machine that is an elaborate zig zag to trim the edges. rat...

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]]> Josephine tag:vox.com,2008-02-26:asset-6a00c2252a5c7a604a00e398e05b5a0004 2008-02-26T14:54:14Z 2008-02-26T07:05:08Z ann http://shewearsshweshwe.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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I miss Elizabeth who used to live in our garden cottage and was my shwe shwe sewing buddy. Now that she has retired and gone home i no longer have someone I can run out and share some sewing with. In her place , her daughter Josephina has com...

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