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a liberty jinbei

when the Kid was first born, he received a beautiful jinbei and a pair of traditional japanese zori sandals (pictured above).  the jinbei, he eventually grew out of, but the zori sandals still fit (sort of).  i’ve been meaning to replace his now too small jinbei for a while now, and when i stumbled upon dans la lune’s jinbei pattern,  i decided it was a must do summer project! a jinbei can be thought of as traditional japanese loungewear.  it’s worn by both adults and…

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meet the new liberty classics

the design team at liberty has refreshed their tana lawn Classics collection, introducing some entirely new prints, re-colouring existing prints in an unexpected way and editing out some long-time favorites. examples of new prints include Prince George (above in color ways A and D), issued to celebrate the birth of Prince George to the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge and Ciara (below). we were surprised at how different some of the re-coloured Classics are.  check-out the new Strawberry Thief palates — the 3 new colourways we…

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liberty ss14

nyc might be covered in snow but liberty’s spring summer 2014 collection has landed!  yipee! we selected 16 delicious prints: theodora a isle of wight (a and c)  queue for the zoo (a and c)  forget-me-nots a delilah cavendish a daniel’s dj poppy’s patchwork b willow (b and d) jess and jean (a and c) ombrellino a asaka a juno’s garden c  

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at last . . . warm ears

our sartorial-minded friend (you know, the one that commissioned us to knit somerset) has been hounding us for the past 2 years to make him a pair of splendid earmuffs.  of course, he didn’t wear the over the head variety . . . the ear muffs had to be the sort that went behind one’s neck.  when we actually set about the task, it took us about 6 months to track down a “behind the neck” ear muff frame supplier . . . but we did and…

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liberty ss12

(Glencott House A) oh my goodness! how excited are we!  we finally managed to post our selection of new liberty tana lawn fabrics to the shop . . . and they’re quirky, delicate and full of liberty goodness! (Boadicea B, also available in A — a light green ) (Kerry’s Flock A) (Elevenses C) (Powell B, also available in A — dark brown on spruce) (Eternal Flame A) (Glaister C)

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