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Postal Disruption

Postal Disruption

As you may be aware, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) members within Royal Mail are taking strike action on the following dates: 26th August 31st August 8th September 9th September This (along with the bank holiday closure on 29th August) will have an impact on our delivery times. We are very sorry about this but it is unfortunately beyond our control. We will continue to take your beautiful fabrics to the post office so they can get to you as soon as things start moving again. We suggest that if you need your goodies urgently, you either place the order...

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15 New Pure Solids Shades Have Arrived

15 New Pure Solids Shades Have Arrived

At last - the 15 new Art Gallery Fabrics Pure Solid shades have arrived and are live on www.cowandgiraffe.co.ukWe now have all 150 solids available - oooo the possibilities! Shade cards will be available in due course, however, do let us know if you'd like a swatch of the new shades to check a colour: claire@cowandgiraffe.co.uk   Please Bear With Us...School is out for summer...let the plate spinning commence!We would like to let you know that there might be a very slight delay to our order fulfillment during the 6 weeks holidays whilst we juggle a small business and 5 little...

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Cow and Giraffe Fabric Fest 2022!

Cow and Giraffe Fabric Fest 2022!

Join us for an outdoor Pop Up shop on 15th and 16th July! We would like to invite you to join us for our very own ‘Cow and Giraffe Fabric Fest’ at our West Yorkshire HQ. Come and see our gorgeous fabrics and threads close up, and shop to your hearts content. You simply pick a time to visit and when you arrive you will be with a very limited number of other customers, allowing us to spend quality time with you and giving you space and time to shop in comfort. Being a garden event, you will also be...

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Solar Prism - Exclusive EPP Kit

Solar Prism - Exclusive EPP Kit

We are very pleased to announce we are teaming up with our Friend of Cow and Giraffe @thatssewkerry to bring you her very first EPP pattern Solar Prism.With our holidays all set to go ahead this year we started thinking of what sewing is best to take on holiday. Obviously EPP is always a winner! Kerry put her creative hat on and designed the fabulous Solar Prism, and we are delighted to announce that we are exclusively offering you the pattern and fabric kit. The kit includes the fabric for making the EPP pattern, the pattern itself, and all the...

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Aurifil threads now available at Cow and Giraffe!

Aurifil threads now available at Cow and Giraffe!

  We are so very happy to be able to offer you a range of Aurifil threads – colour matched to Art Gallery Fabric Pure Solids. Thanks to all of you who gave us feedback in our survey recently. We know these threads don’t appeal to everyone but the majority of responses was positive. We have been very impressed by the quality and colour of the cottons and were very keen to match them to our solids wherever possible to offer them to you as a simple solution. We are beginning our range with 41 colours, which will grow over...

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