The weblog of Christine Covert - the African Fabric Lady
Posted in Hand-Decorated Damask, Indigo on May 12th, 2010
I was so fortunate to find and purchase a stash of Natural Indigo Dyed Damask during my perambulations around West African New York. Six new designs have been added, and unlike the tie & dye patterns that have been the staple of my Indigo Inventory over the years, these are made using the wax block [...]
Posted in Bazin, Hand-Decorated Damask on May 8th, 2010
We are in the process of loading new hand decorated cotton damask onto our web store. The fabric comes in strange sizes–a 3 yard length I purchased turns out, for example, to be 2 yards and 24 inches, that is if it’s not 2 yards and 32″ but whatever. I’m selling it by the half [...]
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 Bazin, Hand-Decorated Damask, Indigo on May 18th, 2009
We’ve just posted a collection of 9 different designs dyed with indigo on 100% cotton damask bazin fabric at www.africanfabricsales.com. They come from Guinea Conakry and are aromatic and richly loaded with dye. See the article about caring for Indigo fabric here.
Posted in Bazin, Hand-Decorated Damask on Apr 30th, 2009
This letter just came in, and I thought I’d like to share it with you all as well as my response.
Hi,
I am working with on developing garments with African refugee woman in New Zealand. I am interested in applying traditional fabric printing methods. Are there any that are reasonably simple and don’t need a [...]
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