Comments for African Fabric Lady

Comment on New Shipment of Indigo Fabric from Guinea by tabbie

tabbie — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:53:05 +0000

I’m looking for yardage of black or dark blue cotton damask. Do you have any?
Thank you

Comment on African Prints by Isa2

Isa2 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:24:10 +0000

Hi Mary,

I do not know where to find anything Ethiopian. Youmight google to see if there are any Ethiopian social groups in NYC, DC or Atlanta. Good luck, and enjoy your new grandchild!

Comment on Hand Decorated African Fabric Fat Quarters by Isa2

Isa2 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:22:34 +0000

I am still here. My day job has had me very distracted and I haven’t checked here for some days now!! Thanks for asking. I’ll reactivate soon.

Comment on Hand Decorated Fabric from Ghana… by GH for schools

GH for schools — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:09:29 +0000

I, too, am looking for Adinkra cloth examples for school kids. I would also like to purchase a few examples of the real stamps. Photos are fine, but the real thing is much better.

Comment on Hand Decorated African Fabric Fat Quarters by Nkoyo

Nkoyo — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:52:22 +0000

I noticed that the website is down today (10/19/09), please tell me you haven’t gone out of business!

Comment on BAZIN by Nathalie

Nathalie — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:56:18 +0000

Thanks for the information.

Comment on African Prints by mary nelson

mary nelson — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:24:05 +0000

Hello African Fabric Lady!
My daughter just adopted a little boy from Ethiopia. I would like to make him a quilt using Ethiopian fabrics and designs. I am having a hard time finding anything from Ethiopia…..do you have any suggestions?
Thank you,
Mary Nelson

Comment on Just WOW! by Isa2

Isa2 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:51:18 +0000

Hey Shea: Good You, lazy me!

Here is a video interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7R6dkLeRaE

There are quite a few videos of Shonibare’s work there.
Thanks, Shea

Comment on Just WOW! by shea

shea — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:53:16 +0000

This is a video still from one of Yinka Shonibare’s video pieces. You can see clips of it on youtube.

Comment on Hand Decorated Fabric from Ghana… by Isa2

Isa2 — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:09:51 +0000

Hi Deb,

I rarely see factory produced adinkra prints, and since the actual adinkra cloth is hand-printed, and therefore costly, I couldn’t imagine cutting it up to hand around. None of my suppliers have anything that resembles adinkra cloth, though here and there is a print that has one symbol as part of the design.

I recommend that you refer your students to photos—many available online—for their information & inspiration. This site, for example, is very informative: http://www.marshall.edu/akanart/adinkraposterde.pdf

The Newark Museum has something that might be useful: http://www.newarkmuseum.org/TeacherResource.html

If anyone else has better suggestions, I’d be happy to learn of factory made adinkra cloth that I could make available to interested readers.

Isa2