I bought my first bark cloth the other week. I was wandering around a market celebrating fairtrade at the Uganda Museum. I found a wo...

I recently stumbled across a great charity called "Dress a girl around the world"   through Louise Horder ( @SewScrumptious ...

These are block printed on cotton. I bought them from a tailor's shop but I plan to do a proper hunt for a good fabric shop. I need mor...

When we were in Jaipur (India) over the Christmas holidays as well as block printing we also saw men embroidering fabric by hand. They w...

In Jaipur we were treated to piles of gorgeous things that the shop owner pulled out to show us whilst we drank tea. The above are sil...

Woodblock printing is a technique used on fabric and paper throughout Asia. Jaipur is particularly famous for it. This being so when ...

A month or so ago I accidently destroyed my mobile phone. This was my old, reliable, Nokia that cost £7 and could do nothing fancier than ...

Ben Venom. Image from  http://benvenom.blogspot.co.uk/ I was reading this list of male crafters when I spied Ben Venom . He makes ...

As I've briefly mentioned I'm off to India this week! (eek!). As I am busy cramming everything I own into two bags  mrsmcindoe  offe...

Shiny! My delivery from Fabric Rehab arrived! Yes of course I ended up buying something from there. I have no self control and will ve...

Image from Fabric Rehab website I recently stumbled upon a new (new to me) online fabric shop. Oh the danger! It's called ' Fa...