Welcome To Kekfesto Cotton : Home of Hungarian Blue Print Fabrics
Diary Dates
Some events where you can buy Kekfesto Hungarian Blue Print Fabrics:
31 Oct 2009 : Quilters' Guild Area Day, Culloden Academy, Inverness
19 - 22 May 2010 : Loch Lomond Quilt Show
Have you made a quilt of some kind with the Kekfesto cotton that you bought?
If so, how would you like it to be part of an exhibition of Blue and White Quilts at the Loch Lomond Quilt Show 2010?
Please send me details of your quilt by the end of December.
19 - 22 Aug 2010 : Festival of Quilts, NEC, Birmingham
Inspirations By Hungarian Blue-Dyed Textiles
International Quilt Competition and Exhibition, 2009
The Foundation of the Textile Museum and Blue Dyers Museum in Papa, Hungary is sponsoring an international quilt competition to highlight the unique richness of Hungarian blue print fabrics. The competition has five categories and each category winner will receive a three day stay for two people in Hungary.
The official opening of the Quilt Exhibition will be in Pápa on 13 Jun, after which the quilts will be on display in the following places in Hungary.
- Pápa. 13 Jun - 19 Jul.
- Nagynyárád Festival. 25 - 26 Jul, then exhibited until 16 Aug.
- Debrecen. 28 Aug - 26 Sep.
- Miskolc. 30 Sep - 30 Oct.
- Mezokövesd. 20 Nov - 7 Dec.
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NEW : Hungarian Blue-Dye Quilts CD Now available - this fantastic CD of Hungarian blue-dye quilts. The CD contains images of 24 quilts (including detailed close-ups) made by members of the Hungarian Patchwork Guild. Twelve of these quilts formed a special exhibit at the Festival of Quilts 2008 in Birmingham. Available from Kekfesto Cotton - only £5.50, P&P included. For more information or to order, simply email: |
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About Kekfesto Cotton Kekfesto Cotton provides a vast range of hand-printed blue dyed fabrics imported from Hungary. These 100% cotton fabrics are perfect for patchwork and quilting. All of these fabrics are hand-dyed in small quantities. This means that most patterns are always available or can be re-ordered. Because the fabrics are hand-dyed, the blue colour can vary slightly, which can add to the charm of the finished quilt or other creation. If you want to ensure a consistent blue colour, be careful to order fabrics with the same code letters. For example: "DB" or "SZ". The code letters identify the individual source of the fabric. There are quite literally hundreds of patterns and I am always trying to add new fabrics to my collection - so come back often! I hope you enjoy browsing through the fabric swatches. Gilly Thomson |
A Bit of Background
My first visit to Hungary was in 2002, when I discovered their traditional blue and white cotton. Then in May 2003, the Hungarian Patchwork Association [www.foltvarro.hu] held an International Exhibition of Quilts, made from the traditional blue-print/kekfesto cotton. Quilters from over 30 different countries contributed to the exhibition, but I was the only one from the U.K. who attended the Official Opening of the Exhibition.
One of the reasons for organising the event was to get the blueprint better known outside of Hungary. These quilts went on to be exhibited at the European Patchwork Show in Val d'Argent in France in September of that year.
The blue-print material is considered very ordinary in Hungary, as it used to be widely available. I liked it so much and felt that others would too, so the idea of setting up the web-site "fell into place".
The cotton is colour fast and fade resistant, and ideal for patchwork and quilting. There are only eight family run businesses left that produce the material in relatively small quantities, three of which I deal with on a regular basis.