Are Magie Relph and The African Fabric Shop coming to an event near you?
You'll find The African Fabric Shop at textile shows and exhibitions around the UK and occasionally in Europe.
Also, along with a group of friends, we organise a series of free events called World Textile Day at various venues around the UK.
And, Magie always brings along a selection of fabrics, beads and baskets when ever she travels to a textile group for a talk.
11 May 2024
10 - 4
Frodsham Community Centre, Fluin Lane, Frodsham, WA6 7QN
North of England - Cheshire
FREE ENTRY to our exhibition and sale of fair trade textiles
Frodsham Community Centre is home to an amazing array of textile groups - and one of our favourite World Textile Day venues. Fordsham is very easy to get to from Manchester, Liverpool, the Wirral and even north Wales. We’re always amazed at the turnout and enthusiam. One year we had so many visitors that we had to ask our guest speaker Janice Gunner to repeat her talk in the afternoon!
11 am : main talk : Japanese Country Textiles - Traditions Moving Forward
- with Japanese textiles expert and author Susan Briscoe
- £5. Tickets on the door
2 pm : short talk : plus World Textiles Show & Tell
- Talk details, to be confirmed
- £3. Tickets on the door
FAIR TRADE MARKET from makers, workshops and villages around the world
- African Fabric Shop
- Textile Traders
- Susan Briscoe Designs
- Tanya Burne – The Running Stitches
- Janice Gunner
- Jim Gaffney’s Textile Treasures
Special Guest Exhibitors
Plus: delicious onsite catering and refreshments all day
View and print flyer: World Textiles Spring Events [ PDF format ]
More information: worldtextileday.co.uk
1 Jun 2024
10 - 4
Parish Church of Scotland, 12 Keir St, Bridge of Allan, FK9 4NW
Scotland - Bridge of Allan
FREE ENTRY to our exhibition and sale of fair trade textiles
Bridge of Allan has always been a special World Textile Day for us. It’s a really easy venue to get to from both Edinburgh and Glasgow. But guess what? Those textile-fanatic Scots come from as far away as The Borders, Aberdeen and Inverness. Now that’s dedication!
11 am : main talk : Textile Animal Trappings - Celebration and Endurance
- with world textiles expert and author Gaynor Williams
- £5. Tickets on the door
2 pm : short talk : plus World Textiles Show & Tell
- Talk details, to be confirmed
- £3. Tickets on the door
FAIR TRADE MARKET from makers, workshops and villages around the world
- African Fabric Shop
- Textile Traders
- Susan Briscoe Designs
- The Nomad’s Tent
- Khayamiya – The Tentmakers of Cairo
- Handmade Nepal – Karen Haggis
- Gaynor Williams
- Jim Gaffney’s Textile Treasures
Plus: delicious onsite catering and refreshments all day
View and print flyer: World Textiles Spring Events [ PDF format ]
More information: worldtextileday.co.uk
Oklah needs bottles
Our friend Oklah Tetteh in Koforidua, Ghana makes all of our bottle glass beads from old bottles. Some colours are hard for him to make because the bottles are scarce. These are the really valuable ones:
- Gin - Bombay Sapphire, Plymouth and Blooms
- Harvey's Bristol Cream sherry
- Old Vines in Young Hands - Portuguese white wine
If you have any, please bring them to us and we'll take them to Ghana. Meda ase - thank you - from Oklah Tetteh.