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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 […]
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Klein Karoo recharge
[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” admin_preview_bg=”] We spent the heritage weekend on a little road trip to the Klein Karoo. We stayed in a beautiful artist’s cottage on a farm other side of Calitzdorp and attended the Succulent Festival at the old railway station in town. In Afrikaans succulents are called vetplante, or “fat plants”. We […]
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Have you ever seen a butterfly waterfall?
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Introducing a Carpet of Flowers
[av_image src=’https://mielie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_5684.jpg’ attachment=’1132′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’no-animation’ admin_preview_bg=”] Bokbaai vygie crochet Carpet of Flowers [/av_image] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” admin_preview_bg=”] Spring has sprung in the Western Cape and to celebrate I’ve dreamed up this happy little Carpet of Flowers! It’s my attempt to pay homage to […]
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Africa, meet the Oktoberfest
Did you know that besides being a brilliant weaver, Zanele also runs a thriving sewing business, specialising in African textiles? She recently completed this beautiful traditional German Dirndl in bold African prints for Ruby, a very special friend in Munich – just in time for the Oktoberfest!
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Quick update from Planet Mielie
After years of battling with very slow and very spotty internet, we have finally joined the 21st century! I’ve been redesigning the Mielie website – watch this space – and what a pleasure to work on a responsive site. One of the things I love the most about my job is being able to share […]
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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 […]
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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 […]