The weblog of Christine Covert - the African Fabric Lady
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 26th, 2010
Greetings All,
Our splendid summer continues. We are finally getting a well needed soaking rain–we’ve been not as dry as Africa, but the water table has dropped enough that the cellar no longer floods when it does rain. How do we count our blessings? Well, we just had a new totally automatic sump pump installed so [...]
Posted in Uncategorized 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 than [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 23rd, 2010
Now available at www.africanfabricsales.com
Thanks for looking.
Isa2
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14th, 2010
Today we’ve started adding Fat Quarters–found in the Remnants and Fat Quarters Category. What, you don’t know what a Fat Quarter is? Well, if you were to order a 11/4 yard of fabric at your local fabric shop, the clerk would measure off 9″ of fabric and give you a long narrow strip. To make [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 6th, 2010
With fresh inventory at our web store www.africanfabricsales.com you can choose from among 18 new designs in the Wax category of African Prints and be sure that there will be enough of the fabric of your first choice to make that dress, shirt or wrapper in which to greet the spring and summer seasons.
Most of [...]
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 Uncategorized on Sep 13th, 2009
Come one come all, it’s time for African Fabric Sales to honor the quilters among us as you help us to clear out the remaining fat quarters in our inventory left over from our days as a road show business.
Some of you might not know that African Fabric Lady began as a business celebrating the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 11th, 2009
Hi All,
We’ve added a special sub-section at our African Textiles web store to sell remaining 1-yard lengths of our African Prints at a 40% reduced price. Check it out..African Fabric..it’s already selling quickly ..Special Clearance Sales
These fabrics are suitable for all sewing, African quilting, and African art projects. Many of these unusual African designs will [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 17th, 2009
All the gold prints featured at my webstore www.africanfabricsales.com are on sale at a 25% discount. Check it out.
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