Hope you have had a good week so far. It’s nearly the weekend. Yay! Just some news on the website. You can now create a wishlist of your favourite fabric picks. Just click on the heart by the fabric you like and it gets added to you wishlist, saving them all for you in one spot where you can decide which you would like to buy.
You can also share your selection on social media or with friends and family, making it easier for them to get you that birthday or Christmas gift!
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, …
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 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 …
This new batik from Nigeria is my current favourite out of all the new batiks we just received. We have loads of new batik designs and we are slowly getting them photographed and listed on the site so watch this space. This one is a speckled, mottled mix of greens, pale peach, white and more. …
Check out our section of fabrics on clearance, with discounts up to 50% on batiks and prints. Grab them while you can as these lines are the last in stock and will not be coming back!
Your African Fabric Wishlist
Hope you have had a good week so far. It’s nearly the weekend. Yay! Just some news on the website. You can now create a wishlist of your favourite fabric picks. Just click on the heart by the fabric you like and it gets added to you wishlist, saving them all for you in one spot where you can decide which you would like to buy.
You can also share your selection on social media or with friends and family, making it easier for them to get you that birthday or Christmas gift!
Dive in and start building your wishlist today.
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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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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This new batik from Nigeria is my current favourite out of all the new batiks we just received. We have loads of new batik designs and we are slowly getting them photographed and listed on the site so watch this space. This one is a speckled, mottled mix of greens, pale peach, white and more. …
Fabric Clearance Sale
Check out our section of fabrics on clearance, with discounts up to 50% on batiks and prints. Grab them while you can as these lines are the last in stock and will not be coming back!