Peppermint Magazine

Join the Peppermint community! Subscriptions are for 12 months of goodness – 1 x Peppermint digital magazine, 1 x Sew&Tell digital magazine and four digital sewing patterns! Every issue is filled with hopeful content, thoughtful stories and clever DIYs, designed to empower you to live a more meaningful, mindful and me-made life. ZINIO SPECIAL: Digital issues purchased through Zinio will receive a code for a FREE digital sewing pattern with each issue, valid for 14 days only from on-sale day. The code will be included inside your digital copy.

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penny for your thoughts • We heart hearing from you, dear readers! Email us at hello@peppermintmag.com or tag your posts with #PeppermintMagazine.

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imagine that • Candles and homewares that light up a community? Audra Tuckwood of Greenacres tells us more.

beauty in the bag • Upgrade your getaway game with these mindfully made toiletry bags, designed to beautifully house your values alongside your skincare.

same same, but different • Is meaningful change beyond our reach? Amanda Tattersall, a leading community organiser and co-founder of independent advocacy group GetUp, describes a way forward in her new book, Conscious Tribes. Amanda says we are more powerful than we think and asks us to reimagine the difference we can all make.

BLOOM DRESS AND TOP • Take a pause, petal, and lay your peepers on the beautiful Bloom!

silver lining • Wrinkled foil balloons transform into something luminous and hope-filled in the hands of Cammeraygal Country, Sydney-based artist Chilu, who finds strength in life’s weary moments. She shares why compassion and human authenticity remain at the heart of everything she creates.

in her prime • The Right Honourable Dame Jacinda Ardern may need no introduction. However, her words (and actions) are ones we should all become well acquainted with.

found in translation • From bread-and-water sculptures crafted in prison to textile works exhibited in museums, Mehrnush Songhori’s art explores displacement, activism and belonging. She speaks with craftivist Betsy Greer about the guilt she feels as an asylum seeker and finding relief in embroidery.

bag of tricks • Learn from the DIY queen herself, Geneva Vanderzeil, with her online courses in sewing, embroidery, dollhouses, mosaics and furniture upcycling. Beaded bags are the next big thing…

COLOURS OF COUNTRY • Some trees cluster together like old, gossipy friends. Others stand apart, holding on to their secrets. Textile artist Samorn Sanixay spent a year travelling Australia, studying eucalypts and the surprising colours hidden in their leaves. Her Eucalypt Colour Map brings together nature, craft and science in a vivid portrait of place.

EARTHLY PLEASURES • As digital becomes the norm and AI creeps into our lives, we asked some friends to encapsulate something that brings them joy, a reminder of our physical world, the connections, experiences, people and places that matter most. As explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau said, “we only protect what we love”.

RAGS TO RICHES • 92 million tonnes – the equivalent of one garbage truck of clothes – are burned or dumped in landfill globally every second. Meet the clever minds weaving a new narrative.

sew romantic • From snowy Sweden to the sun-drenched south of France, Jessica Silversaga of the self-titled pattern brand Silversaga has spent years chasing beauty in all its forms: through photography, sewing and meticulous pattern drafting. Jessica chats to us about slow sewing, romantic silhouettes and the transformative power of making something just for you.

IN LIVING COLOUR • In an explosion of colour and community, Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair celebrated its...