Christmas Ideas
from Africa
Filled Christmas hampers - 3 sizes
Red and green fabric packs
Home decor by Jenny Hall
For quilting
For fashion
For decor
For everything!
African Home Decor
Designed and created
by Jenny Hall
Add some African design,
colour and sunshine to
your home
New Special Collection Batiks
Magie and Jenny have been
shopping by WhatsApp
Neneh and Wally have
been busy in The Gambia!
Vintage textile fragments
Tattered, torn and tactile
Old and worn
Salvaged and distressed
Found on our travels
in West Africa
Welcome to the African Fabric Shop
Magie Relph & Bob Irwin
To boldly go where TripAdvisor doesn't
Textiles and fabrics
from across Africa
African beads
Recycled glass, brass, plastic and paper
Shell, bone, clay and stone
Genuine Bolga baskets
Quality baskets - fairly traded
Vintage & collectable African textiles
The textile treasures we couldn't resist on our travels
Inspiration
Talks to textile groups
Quilt, bag and jewellery kits
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Books
about African textiles
Current shopping info
- Online shopping only. Shop closed to visitors until further notice. More...
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We've revamped our website menu with a new category called More Stuff. That's where you'll now find African Home Decor | African Collectables & Artefacts | Hand-dyed Threads | + all of our Kits, Books and more...
Top: Christmas themed fat quarter bundles in red and greenNEW Christmas Ideas page
Looking for inspiration this Christmas?
We're on it!
- Christmas Hampers - Bolga baskets full of fabrics, beads, threads and treats
- Christmas themed fat quarter bundles
- Home decor creations by Jenny Hall
- Gift items from Africa
We'll be adding new items to this page in the weeks before Christmas.
Go there right now: Christmas Ideas page
Clockwise from top left: Niafunke Turquoise Orange furnishing fabric | Dogon Valley Cushion Cover by Jenny Hall | Koro furnishing fabric | Green Dream Lampshade by Jenny HallNEW African furnishing fabrics & African home decor by Jenny Hall
Jenny's background and passion for design has taken us in some exciting new directions lately.
We've really sharpened our focus on African home decor.
Our latest shipment from Ghana is unpacked and on the website NOW.
View and buy: our latest African furnishing fabrics
And just in time for Christmas, check out Jenny's creations on our new African home decor page
View and buy latest wax prints:Clockwise from top left: Spiral. | Fertility Lime Turquoise | Flutter | Fertility Turquoise Yellow
NEW African wax prints just arrived from Ghana
Crazy COVID, lockdown crazies and crazy WhatsApp shopping sprees.
That's what this crazy year has been like for us.
Our marvellous friend Felicia - religiously wearing her mask and social distancing - has been zooming around Accra for us and WhatsApping back to Magie as they worked to select our latest collection of African wax print fabrics.
We've just unpacked the shipment and got all the new designs up on the website in record time.
Thanks, Felicia. We couldn't have done it without you.
View and buy: African wax print fabrics
Kenyan kikoy: Go bright or subtle. Wear as a wrapper or cover a cushion pad on your garden bench.NEW Kenyan kikoy just arrived: more than just a wrapper
Our Kenya supply chain has come through again: thanks, Gretchen.
Bob was photographing yesterday and today - presto! - some great new kikoy are on the website NOW.
We never leave home without a couple of these soft, versatile cloths in our bag. They're multi-colour and very multi-use.
- Comfortable wrapper... Check.
- Picnic or beach blanket... Of course.
- Shawl or scarf... Certainly.
- Table cloth or runner... Absolutely.
- Wallhanging... Why not?
- Or use your imagination!
View and buy: Kenyan Kikoy