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It is with a heavy heart that I am discontinuing my range of paper patterns. Sadly, I found out that over Easter my printing manufacturer has gone into liquidation and is no longer trading. It was quite a shock as there was no warning for us or any of their poor staff. Their warehouse employees turned up one morning and were given until the end ...

Hi there! I wanted to give you a little update as to what's happening behind the scenes at Paper Theory.  Myself, my family and my dear little cat Riot bid farewell to the UK and moved to the deep South in October last year. We have moved to a small-ish city in the South Island of New Zealand called Dunedin which is where I grew up and where ...

What's in a name? For me - a lot of significance.  I’m heading into 2021 with a name change for what was my very first pattern - the Kabuki Tee. The Kabuki Tee has now been renamed the “Block Tee”  There have also been some small changes to improve the fit of the sizes 20-28.   I originally named the Kabuki tee back in 201...

  One of the best things about sewing your own clothes is choosing fabric you want. The colour, the print, the fibre type - it’s all up to you to stamp your personal style on your wardrobe.    When you buy fabric, the first priority is to choose one that works with the garment you are making, and that you will love and want to wear forever. Anot...

Lack of Diversity has always been a huge problem in the fashion industry. Being constantly inundated with the same type of model is boring, and makes us feel like we are wrong if we don't fit into this very limited mould (young, thin, white, able) that is constantly forced upon us by advertisers...

On the roof terrace at Rapture Surf Camp There are so many areas to look at when talking about sustainability, and sadly I know that manpower is often the most exploited resource in the fashion industry. The fashion industry can be gruelling. I often joke about being over worked but I had never seriously looked at whether I was treating my most...

Just over one year ago, I set myself the challenge of not buying any new clothing.

There were multiple reasons I had decided to try this out. One of the reasons being because I had credit card debt that resembled the national debt and I wanted to curb my spending...

I was first introduced to Alice by a mutual friend as someone I needed to meet, as she was "another woman who is into paper and sustainability" I had already come across her wonderful and intricate art before and I was very keen to have a peek inside her studio to see her process. A fascination with paper, its materiality, sustainability and how...

The shift to organic food is clearly not a new trend in our modern lifestyles. We’ve been conscious of food miles and the impact chemicals have on our bodies for a while now. Many of us are careful about what we put IN our bodies; however when it comes to what we put ON our bodies we’re not so vigilant. The fabric your t-shirt is made from is w...