The weblog of Christine Covert - the African Fabric Lady
Posted in African Prints, Kente Prints, WAX on Aug 19th, 2010
Greetings All
I hope the summer is treating you well. We’ve had splendid weather here in Maine.
I’ve added a few new fabrics to the Wax and Kente Prints sections at the web store www.africanfabricsales.com which I hope you will check out. Here’s one sample…
All Best,
Isa2
Posted in African Prints, Fashion, Hand-Decorated Damask, Indigo, Uncategorized, WAX on Apr 23rd, 2010
How can it be that our lovely full month in New York City has dwindled to seven days and counting until we return to Maine? We have not spent every day in a dead heat of activity, rather have passed many days in a leisurely manner. As I wrote to my brother from MA recently, [...]
Posted in African Prints, Bazin, Events, Hand-Decorated Damask, People, Uncategorized, WAX on Apr 11th, 2010
If you can’t make it to Africa this year, or even any time soon, New York is a pretty good second choice. We are here for the month of April, having rented an apartment at 119th & Frederick Douglass in Harlem. While our little street is pretty quiet, we’re just a couple of blocks away [...]
Posted in African Prints, African Quilts, Kente Prints on May 11th, 2009
Reader Starr Rose sent along a picture of a quilt she made from a kente print and a number of solid colors. Isn’t it lovely? She also sent along a picture of the cover of the book where she found the pattern on page 106 (and cutting information on another). Thanks Starr!
Posted in African Prints, Events on May 10th, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/05/07/world/0507-KENYA_8.html
Posted in African Prints, Kente Prints on May 5th, 2009
I have just listed a collection of 14 different kente style prints at www.africanfabricsales.com. The block in the upper right shows two designs as does the leftmost block on the row up from the bottom. Each collection consists of one fat quarter yard sized piece of each design for a total of 3 1/2 [...]
Posted in African Prints, WAX on Apr 18th, 2009
Another nice article at this weblog…. http://thewrendesign.com/2008/07/10/the-story-behind-african-wax-print-cloth/
Some very informative comments too. Following some links and then getting busy with the Google brought up this factory description:
http://www.abcwax.co.uk/history.htm
Posted in African Prints, Industry, WAX on Apr 18th, 2009
An interesting article in the Taipei Times… http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2009/04/13/2003440913
Vlisco does make an outstanding fabric. It’s a bit pricier than some of the others, but as they said in the article, it lasts 15 years and is colorfast. All that said, I did find it interesting that Vlisco has 500 designers and not one of them is [...]
Posted in African Prints, WAX on Apr 3rd, 2009
Greetings All
I’m just thrilled to report that the most recent “African” wax and printed fabric shipments have arrived and that these 100% cotton cloths are every bit as wonderful as I had hoped. Many have amazing color combinations and such dynamic designs from the recognizeably floral and geometric, to more abstracted arrangements that seem to [...]
Posted in African Prints, Bazin, Modern Tribal Cloth on Oct 28th, 2008
Bazin is the local name for factory woven cotton damask. Most of it is made elsewhere, but BAZIN is considered a Prestige Fabric and thus is incorporated into clothing for daily use as well as dress-up. The finest BAZIN arrives in Africa from Switzerland and Austria, the greatest amount is manufactured in China.
BBC Africa News