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NEW Workshops in 2012: With quilter and textile artist Magie Relph
Magie Relph has developed some exciting new workshops for quilting and textile groups.
Broken Windows
A new twist on the traditional 9 patch block
Extreme Appliqué
Reverse appliqué, appli-quilt, Trapunto and more...
Medallions Made Easy
Quick and easy piecing techniques
NEW Quilts on the website: By Magie Relph and African fabric shop customers
Inspired by Africa and inspired by African fabrics
We've updated our gallery pages with some exciting new quilts that really show off the potential of African fabrics.
Quilts by Magie Relph:
African Quilt Gallery
Quilts by our customers:
Using African Fabrics
Say Africa
© Magie Relph
Islas's Cot Quilt
© Connie Gilham
Gambian Garden
© Dilys Wright
African Wax Print: A Textile Journey
We've been absolutely delighted with the reaction to our new book. It's been selling like crazy in Accra, Ghana and it is now available in these prestigious museums - The British Museum in London, The Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam and the Afrika Museum in Berg En Dal, The Netherlands.
Here's a taste of what people have been saying.
I love this book. It is interesting, informative, funny, thought provoking. The Journal for Weavers, Spinners and Dyers. Spring 2011.
Magie and Bob took me on a magical journey to Africa through not only their words, but the images and inspirational textile art that illustrate their story. A fabric feast to make your mouth water. Jancie Gunner, stitched textile artist and author of Shibori for Textile Artists.
£13.95 plus P&P
I'll Have Them All! Coral Tree Adventure Packs in Chocolate and Brights
Our new Coral Tree range of fabrics from Da Gama Textiles in South Africa have really caught the fancy of our regular customers - especially the patchwork and quilting enthusiasts.
Now - exclusively at The African Fabric Shop - we have two fantastic Coral Tree Adventure Packs to tempt you.
These packs are perfect when you can't make up your mind. They contain 25 Fat Quarters of lovely, soft 100% cotton fabric printed in the Chocolate and Brights colourways. Even better:
Each pack includes 3 Fat Quarters FREE
Using African Fabrics
Thanks to many of my loyal and creative customers, I've been collecting digital images of quilts, wallhangings, clothing, bags - you name it! - all demonstrating how you can use African fabrics in your work.
To show these images to the world, I've created a new page on the website: Using African Fabrics
I'm going to try (!) to keep this page up-to-date with new images as my customers create new and exciting things.