NEW Handprinted Blocks
Handprinted and hand-dyed
by Pam Stallebrass
NEW Limited Editions
Handmade African fabrics
Handpicked by Magie and Jenny
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- Online shopping only. Shop closed to visitors until further notice. More...
African Inspirations for you
- Looking for new ideas?
- Wowed by our fabrics, but not sure how to use them?
No worries. Dive into our newly revamped African Inspirations pages:
African Decor | African Fashion | Quilts and Crafts
Plus: dig into the background of our fabrics and how we find them in African Textile Stories
Featured Items
From South Africa: Handprinted blocks by Pam StallebrassNEW: Handprinted blocks by Pam Stallebrass
Pam Stallebrass is well-known in South Africa. You may have met her exhibiting at Festival of Quilts.
As a quiltmaker, she's astounding. Likewise, as a painter, photographer, printer and dyer.
We love Pam's small handprinted and hand-dyed blocks. We're sure you will too.
- Elephants
- Guinea fowl
- South African birds
- Safari animals
- Alphabet
Be quick. Limited stock available.
View and buy: Handprinted blocks by Pam Stallebrass
What did Magie do with her own Limited Edition fabric pack? She made this top, that's what.NEW Limited Edition fabric packs
Are you looking for something special and different to inspire your next stitching project?
Magie and Jenny have auditioned and combined all sorts of African fabrics - mostly handmade, added some handmade printed panels and tossed in a few beads for embellishing and... presto: our Limited Edition selections.
- Great colour combinations
- Every pack is different, most are unique one-of-a-kind
- Packs comprised of half metre, fat quarter and fat eighths
- All fabrics are 100% cotton
View and buy: Limited Editions
Genuine Shwe Shwe: the real thing from Da Gama Textiles in South AfricaNEW Shwe Shwe fabrics just arrived from South Africa
We always look forward to Festival of Quilts. Why's that?
First, as the biggest and best quilt show in Europe, it's our most important show.
Second, every year it's where we launch our new Shwe Shwe fabrics.
Alas, this year's Fesitval of Quilts is postponed to 2021. We'll miss it and we'll miss seeing you there.
But don't despair...
Sticking with tradition, our annual shipment from Da Gama in South Africa has just arrived. We've got a veritable rainbow of new Shwe Shwe colours and designs on the website NOW!
View and buy: Shwe Shwe Colours
View and buy: Shwe Shwe Indigos
Don't forget our Shwe Shwe Quilt kits
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