Merchant and Mills

100% cotton

44”/114cm wide

A really unique chequered Ikat weave with red and dark brown stars on a background of olive green and off white

Suitable for dresses, tops, shirts, and looser fitting trousers. We would make a Florence top or Mathilde skirt.

Ikat is a resist dyeing technique where the threads used for weaving are dyed beforehand. The Ikat threads are bound in a pattern so that the threads covered by the binding 'resist' the dye, creating a design.  The more binding done before weaving, the more complicated the pattern.

• Pattern repeat - 10cm.
• Ikat cloths are prone to slubs and often have ties in the cloth where one weaver ends and another begins, the ties will be on the wrong side of the cloth and we will endeavour to point this out on your packing slip if we see any. These are not flaws.
• For the first couple of washes, place the fabric in the washing machine drum at 30 or 40 degrees Celsius with a handful of table salt. This will help fix the dye to prevent it running.
• As our Indian cloth is handmade, they are susceptible to irregularities in the weave or print, this is all part of their charm and are not classed as flaws.

Country of Origin: India

*Fabric is sold by the 1/2 yard.  Each unit equals 1/2 yard.  Orders of two or more units will be cut in continuous yardage.

*Shipping calculated at checkout.

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***Cut fabric is not returnable.**