Indigo Fabrics

Indigo rayon fabric (diamonds and triangles)

A wonderful piece of fabric made in Phrae in northern Thailand. This area is famous for the indigo grown there and the traditional indigo garments made for rice farmers. Indigo is called "mah hom" in Thailand.

The design is stamped out in beeswax using teak wooden stamps and then dyed in natural plant indigo. The wax is washed in very hot water to remove it and the lovely blue and white fabric is revealed.

Size: 1.8 x 1.2 metres 

Hilltribe Batik - traditional designs

Hand woven indigo dyed cotton made in the H'mong village of Mae Sa Mai, near Chiang Mai in Thailand. The fabric is wax batiked by hand using small copper stamps and then dyed with a natural plant indigo which is grown in the village. We have a wonderful array of various designs similar to the ones shown.

These fabrics are sold by the metre and are approx 37 cms. wide.

You can also buy this fabric as a fat quarter set or a sample set

Indigo Print - Little Fish

Back in stock again! this is one of my favourite designs.

This lovely thick cotton is printed and indigo dyed in Northern Thailand. Suitable for jackets, cushions, curtains, and general upholstery.

Shoals of tiny pale blue fish in waves of pattern across a dark blue background.

The width is 112 cms.

Indigo Print - Light / Dark Japanese Arches

This lovely thick cotton is printed and indigo dyed in Northern Thailand. Suitable for jackets, cushions, curtains, upholstery.

This fabric can be used either on the dark side or on the light side. In fact I like the "back" even more than the front.

The width is 112 cms.

Indigo Print - Central Asian Design

This lovely thick cotton is printed and indigo dyed in Northern Thailand. Suitable for jackets, cushions, curtains, and for upholstery.

The large design is reminiscent of traditional Central Asian silk ikats made in Uzbekistan

The width is 112 cms.

Indigo Print - Little Triangles

This lovely medium weight cotton is printed and indigo dyed in Northern Thailand. Suitable for clothes, cushions, curtains, and upholstery.

Pale blue triangles on a deep blue background with natural dye variations.

The width is 112 cms.

Indigo Print - Tie Dye Design

This lovely medium weight cotton is printed and indigo dyed in Northern Thailand.

This fabric is suitable for trousers, jackets, cushions, curtains, and general upholstery.

A great design which imitates traditional tie dye (shibori)

The width is 112 cms.

Indigo Print.- Large Geometric Design

This lovely thick cotton is printed and indigo dyed in Northern Thailand.

Suitable for jackets, cushions, curtains, upholstery.

A deep indigo background with pale blue large geometric patterns

The width is 112 cms. 

Indigo Print - Little Squares

This lovely thick cotton is printed and indigo dyed in Northern Thailand.

It's suitable for jackets, cushions, curtains, and upholstery.

Dark blue with paler blue latticed squares in a checkerboard pattern

The width is 112 cms.

Indigo Print - Stitched Stars Design

This lovely thick cotton is printed and indigo dyed in Northern Thailand.

Suitable for jackets, cushions, curtains, upholstery.

"Stitched" sashiko style stars design on a dark blue background

The width is 112 cms.

Fine Indigo Print - Chrysanthemums

This is one of my favourite designs and it's back in stock  - this version is a fine weight cotton  and is printed and indigo dyed in Northern Thailand.

This fine cotton fabric is suitable for dressmaking - flowing shirts, trousers, skirts and dresses and floaty curtains but it's not suitable for upholstery.

A deep dark blue background with designs of large chrysanthemum type flowers and dots

The width is approx 110 cms.

Fine Indigo Print - Geometric

A fine weight cotton  which is printed and indigo dyed in Northern Thailand.

This fine cotton fabric is suitable for dressmaking - flowing shirts, trousers, skirts and dresses and floaty curtains but it's not suitable for upholstery.

A mid blue background with attractive designs of white geometric patterns

The width is approx 110 cms.

Hand woven cotton in natural indigo

 A medium weight hand woven cotton made on home looms in northern Thailand. The yarns to weave this fabric have been dyed with natural plant indigo. Suitable for clothes, cushions, and furnishings.

This fabric is sold by the metre.

The width is 96 cms. There may be a small hole on one side at approximately every yard about 2 cms. in from the edge. This is due to the way the cloth is measured out on the loom.

We have more Hand Loomed Fabrics in other colours here

Hand woven heavyweight deep blue cotton

A lovely heavy weight hand woven cotton made on home looms in northern Thailand. With a deep blue warp and black weft threads. This fabric is suitable for upholstery, cushions and furnishings.

This fabric is sold by the metre. The width is approx 99 cms 

We have more Hand Loomed Fabrics in other colours here

Indigo and turquoise hand woven ikat

A lovely thicker weight hand woven cotton fabric in shades of indigo blue and a beautiful subtle turquoise colour. From Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand.

Suitable for making clothes, curtains, cushion covers etc.

Width approx 94 cms.(37 inches) 

NB There is a small hole at every metre about a centimetre in from the edge on one side. This is done during weaving to keep the measurement.

Indigo hand woven ikat 2

Beautiful hand woven indigo dyed organic cotton. Natural, deep indigo blue dye and hints of other natural dyed yarns in there too (rosewood and annatto) giving some red touches

We are very lucky to get this beautiful fabric. All the cotton yarn is dyed by our friend Mon and her brother, and woven by local weavers on their own home looms. The cloth is woven during the months when the women aren't busy with their longan fruit crops.

Width 94 cms.

Deep blue cotton with white stitching

A good medium weight deep indigo blue cotton fabric with tiny white stitches.

Made for the Japanese market, this fabric would make lovely clothes including jackets or could be used for upholstery in curtains, cushions etc.

Width: 118 cms

Thick cotton fabric with little squares

Wonderful double woven thick soft cotton fabric which would be ideal for upholstery

An ivory white colour with small blue and grey squares.

Width: 114 cms.