She Wears Shwe-Shwe

Joburg Fashion Kapitol

nobody@vox.com(ann) — Tue, 06 May 2008 05:45:06 -0700

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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Rhodes

nobody@vox.com(ann) — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:10:57 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(ann) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:34:40 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(ann) — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:31:47 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(ann) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:07:41 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(ann) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:19:44 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(ann) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:26:35 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(ann) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:12:16 -0800

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

nobody@vox.com(ann) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:38:08 -0800

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

nobody@vox.com(ann) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:54:14 -0800

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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