My guilds guest speaker was Celeste of
Meerkat Shweshwe Fabrics. What an enjoyable speaker! She took us through the history of Shweshwe and it's South African roots. She talked about the influence of Europeans and indigo. How colour has emerged as the youth of South Africa move into the cities.
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| beautiful array of colours |
Celeste is an excellent speaker holding everyone's attention. I can't begin to do justice to the history of the Spruce manufacturing or 'Three Cats' trademark, to read more about the history of Shweshwe go to
Celeste Meerkat's website.
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| we had a full house and getting good pictures of her quilts was difficult. |
In the above photo she used both sides of the Shweshwe fabric.
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| the dots are orange |
The fabric is stiff from the manufacturing process and needs to be prewashed before being used.
It sounds like a fabulous meeting and discussion!
ReplyDeleteSo do you have plans for that gorgeous yellow? The fabrics sure look gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI love Shweshwe fabric. I want more!!
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