Tropical Animals is one of our growing collection of furnishing fabrics. It has beautiful tropical birds ( I believe one is a grey-crowned crane) and plants as well as these gorgeous Zebras! A lush palette of greens and greys with deep red highlights against a cream/beige background. Manufactured in South Africa, this cotton and linen …
What is Adire? Adire is the name for resist dyed cloth of the Yoruba people in Southern Nigeria. Traditionally, the cloth was folded, pleated, and tied before dyeing in Indigo to produce lengths of cloth which were then made up into garments. The fabric was predominantly produced by women. As techniques, trade and materials evolved, …
Our colour of the week is a shweshwe fabric colourway. On our website, we call this colourway Circus. It is a combination of blue, yellow and pink and is Colourway 491 of Dagama textiles shwehshwe collection. A cheery option for many sewing or crafting projects. It is also a great choice for children too. We …
We are excited to announce that we have the brand new shweshwe colourway in stock! It is colourway 191 and is a simply gorgeous mix of blue, orange and green against a black background. It makes for a rather handsome range of fabrics. You may have noticed that we name the shweshwe patterns here on …
From our selection of Quirky Prints, we have this funky retro roller skate print in a number of colourways. As with all of our wax prints, these are 100% cotton and a medium weight. This makes them great for dressmaking as well as other sewing and crafting uses. The ‘crisp hand’ of the cotton print …
Our fabric of the week is a colour combination; turquoise and chocolate brown. We have a selection of shweshwe prints in this particular colour and there is something just so rich and even regal about the combination. They work beautifully together, as well as on their own. We even sampled the Wiksten Kimono Jacket in …