Thank you all for your answers. Can't buy from connecting threads as they don't post international.
Sandygirl, thank you for the heads up about fair trade batiks from Blank Quilting. I will check them out
gspsplease, Wish I had received some as present but sadly, no. Family have been traveling in Europe and America in 2012. They all consider I have too much fabric. Non quilters each & everyone of them, they just don't understand.