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BQFW is a small fabric workshop printing short runs of House design fabrics which are sold by the metre and Artist fabrics which are bought as a whole piece - 3m to 10m in length. The latest addition to our product range are Tea towels. Please select the relevant tab to view the products.

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Our Tea towel designs are printed in short runs (about 25 -30) , inspired by all kinds of things – even brought to us by others!

Tea towels can be ordered using our secure PayPal account please select the Place an Order button next to the products you wish to purchase. Alternatively, you can contact us to place an order see the contact page for further details.

Postage and Packaging Prices
Prices for tea towels include UK P&P. They are priced at £10 for one tea towel, £17.50 for two, plus £7.50 for any additional tea towels. Please contact us for overseas P&P rates.


Boody Acrostic £10

Boody is a Geordie word for broken bits of pot or china.

Children dig up pieces, hoping for 'treasure' – words, patterns etc.

These gain value, and could be used as currency in games of trading.

 
Poem by Ellen Phethean
Printed by Clare Satow
at Bill Quay Fabric Workshop, 2009


Buoyant Cormorant on Tyne £10
The Common Cormorant

The common cormorant or shag
Lays eggs inside a paper bag.
The reason you will see no doubt
It is to keep the lightning out.
But what these unobservant birds
Have never noticed is that herds
Of wandering bears may come with buns
And steal the bags to hold the crumbs.

Anon
Designed and printed by  Clare Satow
at Bill Quay Fabric Workshop 2009


Sunflower £10

Of the genus helianthus. Native to north and south America. Grown widely for oil, the seed heads follow the mathematical pattern described by Fibonacci.

 
Designed and printed by Lucy Balogh
at Bill Quay Fabric Workshop 2009


Picnic in a Summer Forest £10

A leaf and flower design that has jumped onto a tea towel after being printed as a long piece of fabric!

 

 
Designed and printed by Clare Satow
at Bill Quay Fabric Workshop 2009.


Swallows £10

The sharp swallows in their swerve
flaring and hesitating
hunting for the final curve
coming closer and closer

From The Well Rising by William Stafford

 
Designed and printed by Clare Satow
at Bill Quay Fabric Workshop 2009.
(Thanks to ER for finding the words)


A Russian Sprig £10

Ija Broka, a Russian dress designer living in Gateshead brought this design to the Bill Quay Fabric Workshop, to be printed on a linen tablecloth. Ija agreed to let us use the design as a tea-towel print too.

 
Design by Ija Broka
Print by Clare Satow
at Bill Quay Fabric Workshop, October 2009.


Whirligig £10

This happy, free-wheeling shape was created by a small child during a banner workshop at Chillingham Road Primary School. It has found its way onto lengths of fabric as well as tea-towels.

 
Designed and printed by Clare Satow
at Bill Quay Fabric Workshop 2009.


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© Bill Quay Fabric Workshop Design by Michael Mortimer | Photography by Steve Conlan