I just have to say that I'm really excited about my new labels for the purses! I worked with Courtney Banks at Advanced Barcode Label Technology to create really nice, high quality woven labels for my fiber art. I highly recommend them for their customer service and high quality product. Courtney was willing to work with my time constraints and even got multiple samples to me via email within 24 hours. I was most impressed!

While I bought all of my fabrics in Malawi, the majority of them were produced in Tanzania by Karibu Textiles. My favorite type of fabrics were their Kitenge (Chitenge in Malawi - pronounced Chi-t-hen-gee) textiles called "Super Wax Mama". What a great name, eh? As the art bags and purses get more popular my supply of African fabrics is starting to look dangerously low. I am considering importing fabric drictly from Tanzania, although I would like Malawi to get a piece of the pie since I lived there. I just found Karibu Textiles online which is a great start. I thought some of you might like to take a look. They have a good description of the different types of fabrics, historical relevance, and traditional fashion.

Karibu Textiles http://www.kaributextile.com