Pale Sun Rustic Silk with Red Ikat Kasuri Tortoise Shell/Kikko, Vintage Kimono Silk by the Yard from Japan #153 Leaves and Trees hand dyed artisan fabric

hand dyed artisan fabric

We think this is raw silk similar to Tsumugi

00 which is just 68¢ each

and stripes in yellow and muted brownish purple

Not a print

Pale Sun Rustic Silk with Red Ikat Kasuri Tortoise Shell/Kikko, Vintage Kimono Silk by the Yard from Japan #153 Leaves and Trees hand dyed artisan fabricTiny little black shapes almost look like the stitches on a baseball, and they create six sided tortoise shell shapes through the pastel yellow silk. We think this is raw silk similar to Tsumugi. In Japan also they sometimes spin and use the 'thread scraps' from previous fabrics, creating extra color, texture, and slubs. Both sides are the same and it has a cottony feel; mid lightweight and thin, matte not shiny, slubby and textured, soft, supple and