Kurume Kasuri Shippo and stars navy fabric

Kasuri (more often referred to as ikat) is both a manufacturing method, a 200-year-old know-how and the resulting fabric. Its particularity consists of dyeing the threads before weaving, unlike fabrics on which the patterns are printed after their design. Kasuri is characterized by patterns with blurred edges, which gives it a somewhat rustic appearance. We generally weave twelve meters of fabric to a width of approximately 36 cm. This standard length, called tan-mono, corresponds to the quantity needed to make a kimono.

Features :

- Kurume's Kasuri is made of cotton

- Dyed with natural indigo

- Hand woven

This fabric comes from Shimogawa Orimono, which is a weaving factory located in Yame Town, Fukuoka. The factory maintains the traditional way of weaving ikat and visitors can visit the workshop of this interesting place.