Handcrafting the Portuguese soul is our drive and we make it happen supplying unique eco-friendly craft supplies, inspiring DIY projects, teaching traditional techniques and handcrafting meaningful gifts.
shops & wholesale
Portugal is the place for diversity, tradition and quality in craft supplies...
folclore crafts
eco-friendly craft supplies
We work with a wide range of Portuguese eco-friendly craft supplies, including different cork materials, embroidery supplies, vintage ribbons, wool fabrics and yarns, cotton and linen yarns, craft twines, national fabrics and eco-friendly papers.
Inspired by the richness of Portuguese crafts’ traditions, we offer different kits that will teach kids and grown ups beautiful techniques. With our beginner embroidery kits you’ll learn the first steps of a Portuguese secular art.
Perfect for your unique eco-friendly DIY projects...
Ideal for your craft, fashion or home decor business...
Folclore (Portuguese for Folklore) is inspired by the need of empowering folk knowledge, a know-how that must be shared, and not stopped in time, so we can continue creating our common history with our hands and, of course, with Portuguese soul…
folclore gifts
handcrafted products
Our gifts are 100% Portuguese, handcrafted with locally produced and eco-friendly craft supplies. We offer a range of home and personal accessories, including lap desks, valet trays, pillow covers, coasters, book covers, key rings, bags, cases and many other unique products.
Meaningful and unique handcrafted gifts...
Cork is genuinely sustainable and Portuguese, we are world’s number one producers. From cork oak tree ecosystems, the montados, comes this incredible material, impossible to recreate in an artificial way.
wholesale & bulk conditions
Cork fabric & Cork Paper
Our cork paper and cork fabric wholesale conditions apply for orders larger than 10 linear meters/yards. Folclore Crafts provides commercial and technical support and a local cork fabric manufacturer, our partner, is responsible for producing, billing and shipping from Portugal.
Prices begin at €14/square meter for fabric and €11.6 for paper. You can buy cork paper and cork fabric by the roll, the width is 140cm (approx. 55") for fabric and 100cm (approx. 39”) for paper. But we can also deliver your order in already cut cork sheets with different sizes.
In our cork store you’ll find a sample pack that will showcase the different types of cork fabrics we work with (from 0.4mm thick to 2.3mm reversible options) and our range of cork leather natural patterns and dyed colors.
Buy a sample pack of backings, colors & patterns.
Ask for a catalog of patterns & colors and wholesale prices.
Cork Cord, straps & Fringes
Wholesale for cork cord, straps and handles begins at 25, 50 or 100 meters/yards, depending on the width.
It’s possible to choose different colors and patterns for wholesale orders and the same for the width and the length (with the limit of 1.4m /1.5yards). We can provide small samples of our range of widths, thicknesses and colors.
We may help you deciding the best type of strap/handle for your work. Two different thicknesses are available and it’s even possible to design a product that will meet your specific needs.
Get in touch in case you want more information, including prices.
Cork beads
Our natural cork beads are beautiful for earth friendly jewelry making, macrame and more craft projects.
Depending on the quantity, we can have cork beads made to order with different shapes, dimensions and holes. For orders of more than 200pcs we offer special prices and bulk prices begin at 1000 pcs.
We’ll be happy to provide more information, please get in touch.
embroidery kits & Folclore gifts
We offer wholesale conditions for our beginner kits inspired by Portuguese embroidery traditions and for our handcrafted gifts.
If you have a shop, we are sure that our products would be a success there!!
Corporate gifts
Our sustainable and socially responsible handcrafted gifts are rooted in Portuguese culture. We connect local eco-friendly craft supplies with artisans and artisans with large-scale distribution. Our supply includes conference bags and a wide range of original and eco-friendly corporate gifts. We’ll be delighted to design a customized proposal that will meet your specific needs.
Ask for our catalog and get in touch.
What may seem like a simple piece of decorated fabric is, in reality, a summary of a fertile culture that has a million stories to tell, all born from its rich and colorful history. Portuguese embroideries are, truly, time capsules of culture.
support & search
Use our search button to find the information you need about our products. But maybe you are curious to know more...
Do you want to know what is cork, how is cork harvested, how is cork fabric made?
Are you curious about Portuguese traditional embroidery and typical hand embroidery designs?
Feel free to contact us, we are always available to answer all your questions. We sell incredible eco-friendly craft supplies and gifts and providing information about them is always a pleasure.
Better information makes better consumer choices and better consumer choices make a better world..