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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This letter arrived in today’s mailbox…… Hi, modern industrial african prints are using printing paints instead of dyes, (as it was the case in the olden days). I do not really think that your prints have any element of resist dyeing at this stage of industrial development and the wax resist effects are only mimicked [...]
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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
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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!
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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 yards [...]
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