Posted in African Batik Fabric, African Prints, African Quilts, Batik, Bazin, Book Reviews, Events, Fashion, Hand-Decorated Damask, Indigo, Industry, Kente Prints, Modern Tribal Cloth, Mudcloth, Other Links, Traditional Fabrics, WAX on Jan 9th, 2012
As we consider the wisdom of continuing with our store found at www.africanfabricsales.com we none the less start the new year with our store wide 20% discount sale. The web store was created to continue a business under THIS name that I was no longer pursuing in person at fairs, festivals, and quilting & sewing [...]
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Posted in Events on Mar 8th, 2011
Hey, another great discount sale at African Fabric Sales. Email me here for yours. [NB This coupon has expired, but please let me know that you'd like your name on the list for the next one--in June!]
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Posted in Events on Aug 19th, 2010
Greetings, I will be present as an adjunct display at the 12th year anniversary of the Museum of African Culture at 13 Brown Street Portland, Maine. The celebration takes place in conjunction with the 45th annual Street Festival in Portland, Maine on August 28, 2010 from 9am-4pm, though we plan to arrive closer to noon [...]
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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 [...]
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Posted in African Prints, Events on May 10th, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/05/07/world/0507-KENYA_8.html
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Posted in Events, Indigo on Jan 6th, 2009
It had been my intention to post weekly at African Fabric Lady, but life intervened, weeks passed, and anyway here I am again. In December we traveled to NYC where we saw the fabulous if small show of African Fabrics at the Metropolitan Museum. I still can’t determine how some of the tie resist was [...]
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Posted in Events, People on Nov 11th, 2008
08 Greetings All, I’ve just returned from the Quilters’ Gathering. No quilts strong on African Fabric…we’ll have to work on this for next year’s show. But I handed out many cards and encouraged folks to send in snapshots of their quilts using African Fabrics for the soon to be launched Gallery Section of this blog. [...]
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Posted in Events, Other Links on Nov 4th, 2008
This is the weekend for the annual Quilter’s Gathering, held at Nashua, New Hampshire. It’s their 20th Anniversary show, and the second year of the second generation of promoters, daughters of the women who started the show. I’m the only vendor who specializes in African Fabric at all the shows where I participate, though there [...]
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