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Colour Inspiration - February & March - Metallic Goodness!

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Colour Inspiration - February & March - Metallic Goodness!

The kit for February/March is a gorgeous selection of metallic goodies! The 'precious metals' of this month's colour scheme along with February's Valentines Day (or Galentines Day) inspired me to create an indulgent kit that you can treat yourself with.     The main fabric is black and golden beige ombre, embroidered tulle with gold and silver thread. Simply stunning!! I've paired it with an array of metallic elastics including a narrow, golden peach elastic perfect for strappy detailing.  Speaking of strappy details, this kit comes with an assortment of rings and sliders, including a heart slider so you can...

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Colour Inspiration - December & January - Summer Vintage Vibes

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Colour Inspiration - December & January - Summer Vintage Vibes

Christmas has come early! Well, the limited edition December kit has anyway. Or should I say kits - there’s six of them!! These kits feature our exciting new swimwear prints designed right here in NZ by Melanie Edgar for her ‘In Mamie’s summer house’ collection.There are four swimwear kits and each print has a coordinating solid, carefully selected by Melanie and myself. We have four exciting colourways: Stripes Light + Sunkissed (a pale terracotta) Dots Dark + Limeade (an acid green) Main Dark + Zenith (deep teal) Leopard Dark + Shell (a soft beige pink)     The kits come...

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Colour Inspiration October - Lights Festival

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Colour Inspiration October - Lights Festival

October's kit, inspired by the colour theme of ‘Lights Festival’ features navy fabrics with pops of bright colour.  The main fabric is a navy embroidered tulle.  A fine navy embroidery radiates around small embroidered spots in hot pink, orange and aqua blue.  This fabric is non-stretch.    Along with the tulle there is a stretch satin in navy, perfect for layering under the tulle or on it’s own for a pair of briefs.  The stretch is approx. 35% in the cross-wise direction. The findings include a hot pink, double edge picot elastic for the straps and band plus an aqua-blue fold over...

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Colour Inspiration August - Under The Sea

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Colour Inspiration August - Under The Sea

Here it is! The limited edition kit for August. This colour selection is a loose take on an ‘under the sea’ theme that started with my love of The Little Mermaid movie. A gorgeous, large scale floral scuba in a generous amount is the main fabric with a subtly coloured, lilac and golden green lace to match. Peachy coral powernet and findings add delicacy, and of course, I had to choose the iridescent rings and sliders. Just perfect! It would suit a wide range of bralette styles and patterns. Scuba is one of my favourite bra making fabrics for non-underwired support and...

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Colour Inspiration June - The Sunset Edition

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Colour Inspiration June - The Sunset Edition

Introducing the kit for June! An underwire bra kit.The sunset colours of lilac, vibrant salmon orange and deep burgundy all coming together to create a delicious, modern bra kit. This month’s kit came together on the fly after my initial kit fabric didn’t arrive in time.  BUT, sometimes a change of plan has great results and I think this is certainly the case on this occasion! The main fabric is a stunning, weighty and drapey, Italian stretch satin in a cool lilac.  Reflecting the month’s ‘sunset’ colour inspiration, I have paired this with a deep burgundy lace and bright salmon elastic....

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