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ShweShwe African Fabric 4x Half-yard cuts 54" wide

Shweshwe is 100% Cotton, and an excellent choice for all sewing, which includes making garments, quilting, home decor and crafting.

The vintage look of the classic indigo, chocolate and red prints, (which date back to the 19th century) makes it an excellent choice for reproduction quilts and costume design.

STANDARD Wash and Care Suggestions:
Wash separately 40 degrees Celsius (110 F)
Do not bleach Do not tumble dry
Do not dry clean
Warm iron Average shrinkage: warp -9.5% / weft - 0.7%

In certain cases, special designs are produced for important occasions such as royal birthdays and national festivals. Today this fabric has become fashionable beyond its traditional sphere of usage, and praise must go to our young South African designers for their renewed interest in traditional national heritage. Shweshwe has a distinctive prewash stiffness and smell: the answer lies in its production and history, when during the long sea voyage from the UK to South Africa, starch was used to preserve the fabric from the elements and gave it a characteristic stiffness.