The weblog of Christine Covert – the African Fabric Lady
Posted in African Prints, Book Reviews, Fashion, Industry, Modern Tribal Cloth, Mudcloth, People, Traditional Fabrics on Mar 22nd, 2011
If you are fascinated by the beauty and vigor of mudcloth, this book will inform you about traditional and contemporary examples of this fabric, known as Bogolon in the local language. Victoria Rovine did her PhD work in this field and and written a lively account of her experiences in Mali during the 16 [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Fashion, Industry, People on Feb 23rd, 2011
Subtitled “Power and the Politics of Dress” this collection of 11 articles by eminent Afro-centered anthropologists, was published by Indiana University Press in 4004. Editor Jean Allman, who contributed the forward and an essay, has brought together keenly considered information regarding topics as diverse as “Nationalism Without a Nation: Understanding the Dress of Somali Women [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Fashion, Industry, People on Nov 22nd, 2010
The previous post about African Fashion was prompted by 2 related occurrences: the frequency with which I hear from readers deploring the paucity of use of African Fabrics in the Fashion World as seen here in the US and the re-reading of a book called SALAULA by Karen Tranberg Hansen, published by the Anthropology/African Studies [...]
Posted in African Prints, Fashion, Hand-Decorated Damask, People, WAX on Nov 16th, 2010
Beth Wonders..”…One thing I would add based on my own observation is that colors and color combinations used in African fabric seem to lose vibrancy in our North American environment and light. Even in the “tropical” sunny areas of our continent the African colors do not translate. The combination of sunlight (sun’s position in the [...]
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 [...]
Those of you who have visited my webstore, www.africanfabricsales.com, may have taken the time to browse the appliqué patterns department. Perhaps you have wondered about the woman who originates these designs. With her permission, I will share a brief biography of her efforts. What was to become SewFabulous grew out of a collaboration between Jeffie [...]
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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