Maroon/Tan Rustic Silk/Hemp Vintage Batik Crepe from Japan, Perhaps Antique, By the Yard #753 1.25" Button it's a joy to touch

it's a joy to touch and work with

It is still designed and drawn by hand in London and woven in northern Italy

color-blended cotton

and expect shrinkage

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Maroon/Tan Rustic Silk/Hemp Vintage Batik Crepe from Japan, Perhaps Antique, By the Yard #753 1.25" Button it's a joy to touchThis vintage kimono fabric looks and feels like a lightweight, supple, more rustic version of bark cloth; natural, slubby and textured. Batik (or what looks like batik but may have been stencil printed?) designs are light brown. The maroon wine color is the same on both sides, and we're told it was probably dyed with mud or akane root. Both sides are similar and usable; one side has plumper lines in the design. This crepe is thin, light, dry and