A bold black and white shweshwe print fabric. This is the original shweshwe fabric from South Africa and is a medium weight cotton with a lovely drape. It is suitable for dressmaking, quilting, patchwork, soft furnishings, bagmaking and more. FABRIC DETAILS 100% Cotton Length: Sold by the metre Width: 90 cm (35 inches) Weight: 158 g (after washing) This fabric is sold by the metre and this listing is for one metre of fabric. To buy more than one metre, use the arrows to select the number of metres you need and a continuous length of fabric will be sent to you. WASHING INSTRUCTIONS Wash Separately 40 degree wash Do not bleach Do not tumble dry Do not dry clean Warm Iron The recommendation is that you ALWAYS WASH Shweshwe fabric before sewing. This will remove the stiffness of the fabric. ABOUT SHWESHWE FABRIC Shweshwe is a printed dyed cotton fabric widely used in traditional South African clothing; dresses, skirts, and so on. It was originally dyed indigo but is now manufactured in a variety of colours and designs. The formal name for shwe shwe is ‘Indigo-dyed discharge printed fabric’. It is a trademarked fabric and is manufactured by Da Gama Textiles in the Zwelitsha township outside King William’s Town in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
