This is a traditional style high quality yarn dyed cotton fabric suitable for hand or machine stitching. It is classic for sashiko and boro stitching, exceptional for visible mending, and equally suitable for sewing clothing, soft home decor projects and country quilting.
Use it to take you modern embroidery to a whole other level!
Made for Olympus, Japan, who do an excellent job of maintaining the authentic look of traditional Japanese country fabrics while providing the modern quality and care features we want. It is colourfast, durable and machine washable, with minimal to no shrinkage.
- Yarn-dyed 100% cotton with a slightly coarse surface texture.
- Available in 1/6th meter (19 1/2" x 14") piece or 1/2 meter piece (19.5" x 42")
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Choose size when placing your order.
What is Sakizome-momen?
Sakizome-momen fabric is a dyed yarn cotton fabric. Dyed yarn fabrics are made from yarn (threads) that have been dyed before the fabric is woven. This gives it interesting colour variations, plus it means the colour is embedded right through the cloth, not only on the surface so when it eventually fades the fade pattern is pleasing.
Note: I have two varieties of this cloth. This Olympus manufactured sakizome-momen is a high quality cloth (therefore more expensive). I would use it for special projects, for example for sashiko projects you will frame or display on walls, or for embroidery pictures. But by all means save any small scraps for mending!
Look for the other sakizome yarn dyed cloth in this collection for your utilitarian projects. It is a less expensive, durable, slightly coarser looking but also very appealing option.
