Merchant and Mills

• 100% cotton
• Pattern repeat: 10cm.
• 44” (114 cm) wide
• 2.5oz (87g) per square meter
• Country of Origin: India

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.

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.

Ikat cloths are prone to slubs and often have ties in the cloth where one weaver ends and another begins. These are not flaws.

Indian hand-printed cloths are sometimes susceptible to irregularities in the print, this is all part of their charm and are not classed as flaws.

This fabric is hand dyed. For the first couple of washes, wash warm with a handful of table salt to fix the dye and prevent it from running.

All fabric is sold in units of a half yard each. Orders of two or more units (more than one half-yard) will be cut as continuous yardage. Shipping is calculated at checkout.

Cut fabric is not returnable.

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