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This October we have decided to raise some money for Cancer by creating some Pink Bundles, each bundle that we sell we will donate 15% to Cancer Research UK.Cow here - The reason we have chosen October - is that it is the month of Breast Cancer Awareness Month (Wear it pink on 24th October) and my amazing Sister in Law was diagnosed with Breast Cancer earlier this year.I have been by her side for many hospital visits and several treatments through the past few months, I have watched from the sidelines as she has taken each step with such strength,...

Hi,We hope you are enjoying the summer months.As you may know, we have school age children so the summer holidays can get a little crazy for our juggling children and the business. And now it’s time for us to have a family holiday!We are out of the studio from 8th to 25th August. The website will still be open and you can place orders, but we won’t be posting until 26th August. Orders will be processed by date and we will get back up to usual speed as quickly as possible. We thank you so much for your patience while we recharge,...

Hello, We are delighted to announce that you can now sign up to our very first Block Of The Month pattern kit! Sew along with us for the rest of 2025 and let’s see what we can create! As you have probably gathered from recent activity here at Cow and Giraffe, we are working closely with fellow Yorkshire lady, Karen Lewis, who creates the most beautiful calming fabrics and patterns. We are continuing this collaboration with this exclusive BOM. Using one of Karen’s patterns – Nordic Cool, as seen above – and her Conway Cottage fabrics, we have created a 7 month BOM...

New price for Art Gallery Fabrics Pure Solids We stock the full collection of 203 Art Gallery Fabrics Pure Solids, and as those of you who have sewn with it will know, it is gorgeous to work with! You really can ‘Feel the difference’! From 1st April 2025 the price of a fat quarter will be increasing slightly to cover our growing costs of wholesale purchase. The new price will be £3.30 per fat quarter, £13.20 per metre. (NB – a 5% discount is still available for solids when purchased in half metre increments.) Feel free to stock up this weekend before the price increase! Rewards...

We are incredibly excited to announce our first ever Temperature Quilt Collaboration with the wonderful Karen Lewis of Karen Lewis Textiles! Karen is a designer, author and screen printer, who creates the most wonderful fabrics.  We have teamed up with Karen to offer you a simple yet stunning Log Cabin pattern for you to document 2025 in a creative way. We have combined her Hampton Court collection with complimentary Art Gallery Fabrics Pure Solids to give you 18 fabrics to mark the year ahead. In addition to this you will receive 12 monthly markers for the centre of each block...