• img link Jim and Diane Gaffney, UK Batik Experts with the Textile Traders team.

  • Textiles from around the world.

    Hello, and welcome to Textile Traders. For the past 40 years we've been travelling to South East Asia to source beautiful fabrics, jewellery and batik tools from small producers and artisans.

    We're proud to be a small family business, working with other small businesses in Indonesia and Thailand to ensure everything we sell is of the highest quality and sourced as ethically as possible.

    Read our full story 
  • img link A rainbow of hemp fabric from the Textile Traders UK Fabric Shop.

    Fabric

    Handmade textiles in fat quarters and by the metre including batik fabric, plain and patterned indigo cotton and 100% hemp fabric.

  • img link Indian Woodblocks for fabric printing and batik.

    Batik Supplies

    All the equipment you’ll need for your batik project, from wax pens and woodblocks to batik wax and procion dyes.

  • img link Stamped Silver Soul Casket Pendant, or Spirit Lock from Hill Tribes of Northern Thailand.

    Jewellery & Beads

    Beautifully handcrafted silver rings, precious gem necklaces and the contents of our famous bead tray.

  • img link A collection of Hill Tribe Embroidery Bags from Northern Thailand.

    Accessories

    Stunning silk and cotton scarves, intricately embroidered hill tribe purses and indigo cotton bags.
Batik Kit with Canting, Batik Wax, Fabric and Procion Dyes.

Specialist batik supplies, sourced for you.

Though we offer a wide range of beautiful south east Asian textiles from Thailand and Indonesia, our first love is batik fabric. Over the years we have run UK batik workshops and batik tours in Asia whilst also working hard to source suppliers for high quality batik tools and equipment to bring batik to the UK.

In our online shop you will find batik kits, copper cantings, primissima fabric for batik, cold water batik dye, batik wax and more. Whether you're a beginner looking to learn batik or a seasoned batik artist, our shop has everything you need.

Explore our batik supplies
Antique Textiles from Indonesia at our World Textile Day event.

An eclectic UK fabric shop

Whether you're looking for unusual quilting fabric or adding to your dressmaking stash, you'll find everything you need in our online fabric shop.

We stock a variety of unique fabrics, including handwoven hemp, Indonesian ikat, indigo cotton and handmade batik, all hand sourced by us directly from weavers and small businesses in South East Asia.

Shop fabric online
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    Our UK Textile Shows

    You'll find Sean manning the stall at many UK textiles events throughout the year. He helps to organise the wonderful World Textile Day events, and is always happy to help!

    See our upcoming shows 
  • img link A Hill Tribe woman in Thailand weaving handwoven hemp fabric on a loom.

    Our suppliers

    Fair trade has always been an important part of our business, and we always do our best to source our products directly from makers and small businesses in Thailand and Indonesia.

    Learn more about our suppliers 
  • img link Jim and Diane Gaffney in front of the Textile Traders Shop in Bishop's Castle

    Our Bishop's Castle shop

    Though they're trying their best to retire, Jim and Di are still occasionally opening the shop in Bishop's Castle. You can find details of upcoming open days on our events page.

    See shop open days