Mielie

Category: Colour!

  • Saying farewell to these beauties

    Saying farewell to these beauties

    This design was inspired by the beautiful embroidery of Hungary, also known as Matyó embroidery. These three – a classic Mielie bag, smaller AJ and roomy Clutch – are headed for Detroit, Michigan. I hope they will make their new owners as happy as they made me. Thank you Zanele, you’re a star! SaveSave SaveSave […]

  • Crochet fun

    Crochet fun

    What’s the past tense of the verb crochet? Crocheted? That just sounds wrong. Be that as it may, I crocheted this lovely bedside mat over the past couple of days! It measures 115cm at it longest and 75cm at its widest. In the shop now for R950.

  • Sometimes it’s ok to be a little square

    Sometimes it’s ok to be a little square

    [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” admin_preview_bg=”] When Menno, a loyal Mielie fan who owns a beautiful gallery in Croatia placed his annual stock order for the gallery, he asked us to mix things up a little colour wise. The weavers did not disappoint – do they ever? – and we all ooh-ed and aah-ed over a […]

  • I got a right to sing the blues

    I got a right to sing the blues

    I love the colour of this wall. I see it often in Khayelitsha, both as an interior and an exterior paint. While we are waiting for Zanele’s house to be built, we either meet at Vuyelwa’s house with its zingy apple-meets-lime green walls, or at Zanele’s boyfriend’s house, where the calming aqua walls create a […]