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Welcome to TZ Batiks.com. We are excited to bring to you hand dyed batiks designed by the Miichi (mee-chee) Women’s Group of Tanzania, eastern Africa. Each piece of TZ BATIKS fabric is one of a kind as they hand dye, design, and draw animals/designs on the fabric. Some fabrics are created with a stamp technique which the stamp is hand carved from wood or firm sponge. The animal panels and quilt backs are all hand drawn/designed by the artist Pozo, (the only man of the Miichi Women’s Group).
The home of the Miichi (Mee – chee) Women’s Group is the city of Moshi and village Mwika, Tanzania, near the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro. These are the women who design, batik and tie-dye their own fabrics for sewing and quilting. They love to share the African designs and animals in vibrant colors and batik patterns. All fabric is 100% cotton, grown and milled in Tanzania.
TZ Batiks offers quilts, wall-hangings, and bags created by Miichi Women’s Group as well as by myself and my daughter, Amy. Most are created from the batik fabric of Tanzania. Amy and I do frequent local quilt shops and have a good stash to create quilts from American designers as well. Feel free to take a look at all quilts in the TZ Batiks Shop and TZ Batiks Gallery.
I can not forget to mention APQS, American Professional Quilting System. My millennium long arm machine is a big part of my quilting business. I am also the APQS Representative for North Dakota. Feel free to contact me for APQS information, specials, and used machines available.
Grab a cup of coffee, and enjoy the fabrics of TZ Batiks.
Jan
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