Memory is a slippery thing. But I do know its power, its beauty, its story. I know its ability to turn a simple cloth into something much, much more.
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“It is 11:30 and I am laughing now. Laughing because it is not even noon and somehow I have had the profuse luck of being served three breakfasts by Karen Dudley…”
A morning spent in the kitchen with Karen Dudley talking food, flavour and cooking as an act of love. -
Here to inspire the most vivid of imaginations – the Woven Quilt. A pure cotton children’s blanket, concocted from the mind of our design wizard, and woven to life in a kaleidoscopic, bag-of-jelly-beans-esque palette.
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The Vrou Throw is a bold statement in textile design. It grows on you the more you look at it. With its chameleon personality, no two folds appears the same. It’s also a blanket, not a throw.
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Ithaca, a small Greek island situated in the turquoise waters of the Ionian Sea, is where celebrated South African photographers Gerda Genis and Robbert Koene have transformed an old ruin into a beautiful stone villa – they brought over Mungo textiles from home to furnish it.
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Mungo’s Winter Survival Guide: Volume Four So we’ve reached the fourth and final installment of our Winter Survival Guide and you’re going to have to get out from under your blanket and get a little dirty, for it’s time to get those fireplaces blazing. Yes, you heard right, it’s time to man up, find that …
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Mungo’s Winter Survival Guide: Volume Two Welcome to the second edition of Mungo’s essential Winter Survival Guide – all you need know if you wish to get through this chilly season with a smile upon your face. However, this week’s volume is not only absolutely necessary to your survival but also one which you are …
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The best way to begin Mother’s Day is with a good old fashioned hug. The best way to spend the rest of the day is with food. What says ‘I love you Mom’ better than a batch of home-made choc chip cookies? Or better yet, why not spend the afternoon making these together. It’s sure …
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At Mungo we often joke about the Butcher Stripe Aprons being the Mungo uniform. When working in the shop or office and unpacking dusty boxes…on goes a Butcher Stripe apron. When we have a wardrobe malfunction and that coffee spill runs down your white blouse…. reach for a Butcher Stripe apron. Even if you feeling …
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How to set the table. Properly. When looking into this subject matter it quickly became apparent that table settings are pretty old fashioned. The majority of us don’t even have enough cutlery in our homes to put together one of these formal settings. Even the informal setting is pretty formal in my world. But if …
