A mainly black and turquoise shweshwe fabric from South Africa with a simple geometric motif. Shweshwe fabric is a great medium weight cotton with a good drape. It is suitable for dressmaking, soft furnishings, quilting and more. This listing is for one fat quarter (18 ins x 20 inches approximately). If you order more than one, you will receive each cut piece as a fat quarter. FABRIC DETAILS 100% Cotton Dimensions: 18 ins x 20 ins (45 cm x 50 cm) approximately 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. COLOURS: We photograph the fabric in natural daylight and make every effort to represent the colours as accurately as possible, nevertheless colours may display differently depending on the monitors/screens they are viewed on.
