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Fair Trade elephant quilts

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Fair Trade Quilts & Crafts provides handmade, fair-trade goods from all around the world.  Decorative Indian cotton is a specialty of theirs, similar to the Bombay Bedspread Company, but they also distribute Guatemalan jewelry and ceramics, leather bags from Nepal and a variety of elaborate scarves and tapestries.  Shown here is a mirror bedspread from India, lavishly embroidered with elephants and tiny mirrored pieces which provide a lush backdrop for your private space.  At $185 USD for queen size, $195 for king, they're within most budgets - but if not, read on.

100_0320 Inveterate bargain hunter that I am, my favourite part of their shop is the sale and overstock items, including an appliquéd bedspread for $29 USD, a patchwork quilt for $90 because the dye was slightly off colour (like myself) and leather satchels for a rather astounding $35.  With queen sized embroidered throws marked down from $150 to $35, such as the one depicted here, how can you possibly justify buying anything of unknown ethical provenance?  [GT]

June 15, 2006 in Design & furniture | Permalink

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