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REVISIT • REFRESH • REIMAGINE

Highlights from our recent arrivals.
Maiwa clothing - always in season.

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SEE THE JOURNEYWOMAN COLLECTION HERE



To our U.S. customers – don't forget that the exchange rate works in your favour, it's like an extra discount.

Tuesday, May 31, 2022 No comments


NEW! - MENDING KIT

A handy little on-the-go kit for mending your favourite sweaters, socks and pants. Complete with cotton threads, needles, and a wooden embroidery hoop, all in a sweet hand stitched drawstring pouch.



YOU SUPPLY THE CREATIVITY,
WE SUPPLY THE REST.

It's easy to express yourself through making. When you embellish with stitchwork it is as if you are drawing a line with thread. When you mend with ingenious thread-work it can be like a tiny floating weaving.

Add some colour and a stitch in just the right place. Bring your materials and your ideas together.



NEW! - SASHIKO KIT

Learn how to stitch sashiko with this handy little kit! Complete with cotton thread, needles, and a mini 48-page guide outlining all the key sashiko basics, a brief history and stitching techniques.



NEW! - SASHIKO STENCILS

Delve into the world of sashiko with these easy to use stencils of traditional Japanese designs. These handy stencils will give you the confidence to start each sashiko project with accuracy and ease - just position the stencil, mark the designs, and get stitching!

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See all Sewing & Embroidery Books



See All Zardozi Thread



See All Shisha Mirrors



Sparkles to adorn any project!

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Keep Your Supplies Organized


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To our U.S. customers – don't forget that the exchange rate works in your favour, it's like an extra discount.

Friday, May 27, 2022 No comments



BENGAL INDIGO PATCHWORK QUILT & BENGAL INDIGO STITCH CUSHIONS

These Bengal Indigo Patchwork Quilts are made from naturally dyed indigo textiles by artisans in rural Bengal. They are a wonderful wandering grid covered with coarse running hand stitching.

We have paired them with a selection of 16" cushion covers and 24" cushion covers. Both quilts and cushion covers have a playful, country charm. 


See Our Bengal Indigo Patchwork Quilts

See Our Bengal Indigo Stitch Cushions






DHEBARIA RABARI EMBROIDERY CUSHION COVERS

See The Dhebaria Rabari Embroidery Cushion Covers Here



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IN THE NEWS


Maiwa Founder Charllotte Kwon
Featured in The Long Thread podcast

In 2020, Anne Merrow, host of The Long Thread Podcast, interviewed Charllotte. You can listen to the episode here. 

Here is the Synopsis of the Episode

Recovering from a health crisis, Charllotte Kwon needed to find a new career as well as an outlet for her love of colour. She fell in love with the designs, hues, and pace of India, and she founded Maiwa to partner with textile artisans. Beginning with embroidery and printing, she cultivated relationships with families working in longstanding craft traditions, then worked to develop markets to create a livelihood for villagers who work with natural color. Maiwa's latest project is a new website that includes an exhaustive list of dyestuffs and how to use them (including 8 different methods for dyeing with indigo). In this episode, she reflects on how the scope of her project has changed over the decades—and what she hopes uncertain times will bring.


About the Long Thread podcast

The Long Thread Podcast is part of Long Thread Media founded by Linda Ligon, Anne Merrow, and John Bolton to publish Handwoven, Little Looms, PieceWork, and Spin Off, as well as offer information, education, and community to crafters.


To our U.S. customers – don't forget that the exchange rate works in your favour, it's like an extra discount.
Wednesday, May 25, 2022 No comments


BHUJODI & RABARI
SHAWLS

Two communities working side by side.

These shawls are all woven by the master weavers of Bhujodi. Some are finished with a weavers vision: the pattern, colour, and placement is accomplished on the loom. But others are passed on to the skilled craftspeople of the Rabari community. The Rabari shawls are finished with wandering lines of running stitch and the appliqué work that has made them famous. 

A Maiwa shawl is always more than just cloth.


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To our U.S. customers – don't forget that the exchange rate works in your favour, it's like an extra discount.

Thursday, May 19, 2022 No comments
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