Ankara, lace, George and aso-oke · Ewet Housing, Uyo
Cloth for the day everyone will remember.
Thimble Fabrics is a family fabric shop in Uyo. We keep more than three hundred prints, laces and wrappers on our shelves, cut them to your yards while you wait, and plan aso-ebi for families of ten or two hundred.
- Cut while you waitAny length from one yard
- Same day in UyoDispatch from ₦1,500
- Aso-ebi from 10 headsGroup price on every yard
New this weekLagoon Rings premium wax, ₦7,500 a yard
Chapter IIThe swatch wall
Touch the cloth before you come in.
Every cloth on the wall is on our shelves today. Filter by family or colour, open a swatch to see it flat or draped, check how many yards we have, then add it to your board. Send the board on WhatsApp and we hold the cloth for 48 hours.
Chapter IIIFabric families
Three rooms of cloth under one roof.
Our shop runs back from the road in three rooms. Prints at the front, lace in the cool middle room away from the sun, and wrappers and aso-oke at the back where the light is kind to gold thread.
Ankara and wax prints
Over 180 prints in six yard pieces, from everyday cotton to premium wax with a heavier hand.
From ₦3,800 a yard
Open the room
Lace
Cord lace, French lace, guipure, beaded and net lace for brides, mothers of the day and church anniversaries.
From ₦48,000 for 5 yards
Open the room
George, aso-oke and adire
Double wrappers for traditional marriages, hand loomed aso-oke sets and hand dyed adire.
From ₦4,500 a yard
Open the roomBuying cloth well, in four lines
- Bring the style. A photo of the style tells us your yards better than a guess. A buba and sokoto takes five yards, an iro and buba six.
- Check it in daylight. Step to the door with the cloth. Shop light flatters gold thread and hides small flaws.
- Buy the whole order at once. Prints come in batches. A second batch of the same print can be a shade off.
- Ask for the offcuts. We give back offcuts over half a yard, enough for a head tie, a bag or a child's shirt.
Chapter IVPrices
The price list on our counter.
These are the prices we quote across the counter, before group discounts. Aso-ebi orders of ten heads or more get a group price on every yard.
| Cloth | Sold as | From | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ankara, everyday cotton wax | 6 yard piece | ₦22,800 | ₦3,800 a yard, cut from one yard |
| Ankara, premium wax | 6 yard piece | ₦45,000 | Heavier hand, crackle or satin finish |
| Cord lace | 5 yard piece | ₦48,000 | Up to ₦72,000 for voile styles |
| French lace and net lace | 5 yard piece | ₦65,000 | Stone detail from ₦95,000 |
| Beaded lace | 5 yard piece | ₦165,000 | Hand finished, limited stock |
| George double wrapper | 6 yards | ₦78,000 | Silk George to ₦120,000 |
| Aso-oke set | Gele, ipele and iro | ₦48,000 | Metallic weft to ₦72,000 |
| Adire and tie and dye | 2 yard wrapper | ₦9,000 | ₦4,500 a yard |
Chapter VAso-ebi
One family, one cloth, no wahala.
We plan aso-ebi the way your aunties wish every shop did: one list, one price per head, the cloth cut and bagged by name, and a WhatsApp group for the people still deciding.
- 01
Choose the cloth
Pick two or three options from the swatch wall. We send a photo board to your family group.
- 02
Lock the price
Tell us the number of heads. We fix the price per head and hold the yards for seven days.
- 03
Collect the money your way
Each person pays you, or pays us directly with their name in the transfer note. We keep the list.
- 04
Cut, bag and label
Every share is cut, folded and bagged with the name on it, ready for collection or waybill.
412 aso-ebi orders cut last year
9 states reached by waybill
Example figures for this demo.
Chapter VIReviews
What customers tell us at the counter.
They cut forty shares of the same lace for my mother's burial, each bag with a name on it. Not one person complained about the colour or the length.
I sent my board on WhatsApp at night and the cloth was folded and waiting at ten the next morning.
Good George at a fair price. They let me take it to the door to see the gold in daylight before I paid.
My tailor in Eket said the yards were generous. The waybill reached Port Harcourt the same evening.
Chapter VIIVisit
Come and feel the cloth.
Thimble Fabrics
8 Ekpo Close, Ewet Housing, Uyo, Akwa Ibom (example address)
Two streets from the estate gate, opposite the blue water tank. Parking for three cars in front.
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday to Friday | 8:30am to 7pm |
| Saturday | 8am to 7pm |
| Sunday | 2pm to 6pm, after church |
Example details for this demo.