Indian Cotton Ikat - Virginia Stripes

A medley of oranges and greens and teals in a beautiful striped pattern.  This ikat cotton fabric is handwoven and dyed. It is a beautiful, lightweight fabric and suitable for dresses, tops, shirts, and looser-fitting trousers or shorts.

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.

Fabric is sold by the 1/2 yard (so 1 unit is 1/2 yard, 2 units is 1 yard, etc.).  All yardage is cut as a continous piece.

• 45" (116cm) wide.
• 100% cotton.
  
• For the first couple of washes, place the fabric in the washing machine set to warm with a handful of table salt. This will help fix the dye to prevent it running. Wash warm, with a non-bio detergent, and on a gentle spin. Always pre wash your cloth before sewing to get rid of any shrinkage and set colors.
• As Indian our cloths are handmade, sometimes susceptible to irregularities in the weave or print, this is all part of their charm and are not classed as flaws.
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This fabric is great for patterns like our 104 Egyptian Shirt, 112 Japanese Field Clothing, 113 Japanese Kimono, 142 Old Mexico Dress, 145 Chinese Pajamas, 157 Moroccan Djellaba, 158 Ghanaian Smock, 148 Black Forest Smock, and 271 Sunset Wrap.