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
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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
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Magie Relph & Bob Irwin
To boldly go where TripAdvisor doesn't
Textiles and fabrics
from across Africa
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Shell, bone, clay and stone
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Quality baskets - fairly traded
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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
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
View and buy, clockwise from top left:NEW limited edition threads
Putting together our limited edition fabric packs is heaps of fun. Experimenting with new ideas is what it's all about.
So we've just added some very limited edition packs of hand-dyed Perle number 8 embroidery threads to complement the fabric packs. These are special colours that are not in regular production and not on our Chameleon Hand-dyed Threads page.
What's in a limited edition thread pack?
- 20 complementary colours
- approximate skein length: 16 metres
- includes 2 skeins free!
View and buy: Limited Editions