We are so pleased to say that Urbanstax is featured in the latest edition of Simpy Sewing Magazine. Check out the ‘A Fabric of Life’ article from Page 56 onward. We talk about our love for African fabric and design and our mission to bring you more locally produced fabric from the beautiful continent.
There is also a wonderful Crossbody Bag tutorial by Rosee Woodland which uses our Ice Blue and Purple Adire from Nigeria and our Ghanaian circles Ankara print. A very cool combination indeed. That’s on Page 60. Maybe you could make yourself a version in your own take on colours and patterns!
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 …
After meeting Annie Sloan at the Handmade fair last year, we were really excited to find out that she has mentioned Urbanstax as one of the brands in her Little Black Book selection in the March edition of the English Home magazine. Thank you very much. We are so glad you like our curation and …
Our fabric of the week is more a colour theme rather than a particular fabric. It is Purple Batiks! All are handmade batiks from Nigeria and Ghana made using the wax resist technique and with the main colour of purple. When you think of the colour purple, what comes to mind? I think of grapes …
Shweshwe aka shoeshoe aka isishweshwe is a printed cotton fabric that is manufactured in South Africa. The formal name for shweshwe is ‘Indigo-dyed discharge printed fabric’. It is a trademarked fabric and is manufactured by Da Gama Textiles in the Zwelitsha township outside King William’s Town in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. It is printed …
I am always curious to know what projects people have in mind when they purchase fabric. So naturally, I love it when I get to see what our batiks and prints have been made into. This is such a wonderful example. The US based womenware and mensware designer Chinedesign recently got some Green Haze and Purple …
We are in Simply Sewing Magazine!
We are so pleased to say that Urbanstax is featured in the latest edition of Simpy Sewing Magazine. Check out the ‘A Fabric of Life’ article from Page 56 onward. We talk about our love for African fabric and design and our mission to bring you more locally produced fabric from the beautiful continent.
There is also a wonderful Crossbody Bag tutorial by Rosee Woodland which uses our Ice Blue and Purple Adire from Nigeria and our Ghanaian circles Ankara print. A very cool combination indeed. That’s on Page 60. Maybe you could make yourself a version in your own take on colours and patterns!
Grab yourself a copy.
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Fabric of the Week: Roller Skate Print
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 …
Annie Sloan’s Little Black Book
After meeting Annie Sloan at the Handmade fair last year, we were really excited to find out that she has mentioned Urbanstax as one of the brands in her Little Black Book selection in the March edition of the English Home magazine. Thank you very much. We are so glad you like our curation and …
Fabric of the Week: Purple Batik
Our fabric of the week is more a colour theme rather than a particular fabric. It is Purple Batiks! All are handmade batiks from Nigeria and Ghana made using the wax resist technique and with the main colour of purple. When you think of the colour purple, what comes to mind? I think of grapes …
What is Shweshwe?
Shweshwe aka shoeshoe aka isishweshwe is a printed cotton fabric that is manufactured in South Africa. The formal name for shweshwe is ‘Indigo-dyed discharge printed fabric’. It is a trademarked fabric and is manufactured by Da Gama Textiles in the Zwelitsha township outside King William’s Town in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. It is printed …
Look What They Made!- Purple Rain batik shirt by chinedesign
I am always curious to know what projects people have in mind when they purchase fabric. So naturally, I love it when I get to see what our batiks and prints have been made into. This is such a wonderful example. The US based womenware and mensware designer Chinedesign recently got some Green Haze and Purple …