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Blue Circle and Web Shweshwe Fabric

£12.50

100% Cotton
Main Colour: Blue
Length: Sold by the metre
Width: 90 cm (35 inches)
Weight: 158 g (after washing)

6 in stock

A simple yet modern blue shweshwe fabric from South Africa.

To give you an idea of the scale of the pattern, look at the last image which shows a tape rule shown in inches. Each of the motifs in the pattern is about 4 inches wide. This is approximately 10 cm.

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 above to select the number of metres you need and a continuous length of fabric will be sent to you. You can also order a sample swatch

FABRIC DETAILS
100% Cotton
Main Colour: Blue
Length: Sold by the metre
Width: 90 cm (35 inches)
Weight: 158 g (after washing)

WASHING INSTRUCTIONS
Wash Separately
40 degree wash- The recommendation is that you ALWAYS WASH Shweshwe fabric before sewing. This will remove the stiffness of the fabric.
Do not bleach
Do not tumble dry
Do not dry clean
Warm Iron

COLOURS
The colours on our website are shown as accurately as possible, but we cannot guarantee exact colour display as monitors and devices differ.

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.

Weight 0.2 kg

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