Hi all
I am not an experienced quilter - but I believe our quilts are not usually that different from yours in USA. However, we don't tend to use heavy thick batting but do use the cotten type batting from USA. I use my quilts both summer & winter - our houses are made for the heat and not for the cold weather. My kids are sleeping under them right now.
The best quality fabrics come from USA but they are expensive. We do have nice local fabric - but they are not generally specifically made for quilting so you have to watch out for the "stretch". In particular we have an ethic style cotton fabric called Shwe Shwe - it is nearly always blue and white but can be found in brown & cream and red & white. It comes in a variety of patterns - most of which are suitable for quilting as they are smallish prints but the colour does run, so I wash them a dozen times with salt in the water to help fix the dye. Only when the water runs clear do I use them in a project. The best manufacturer of Shwe Shwe is Da Gama - not sure if they have a web site - I will look and if they do I will post it - that way you can have a look if you would like to.
We do have hot weather here, Durban on the east coast is generally hotter and more humid than the rest of the country and Cape Town in the south has cold wet winters. Johannesburg has the best of it - rain in hotish (30 degree C) summers and bright sunny but dry winters (12 degree C) - both temps at midday. When it does snow outside of the mountain areas - it makes headline news!
I have not been to Uganda - but do originally come from Kenya ... In winter (june to August) it can be cool and quite cold at night, summer is generally very hot - if however you are used to a cold climate you might even find the winter warm and wonder why all the locals are wearing jerseys. It amuses me to see the jerseys of the locals alongside the spaghetti straps of the tourists!
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