Three Cats shweshwe fabric by Da Gama Textiles in South Africa is 100% cotton, first dyed very dark brown and then, using copper rollers, printed with blue and white. The fabric is starched as it has been done since its origins in Europe. Starch washes out with machine washing (including starch lines that may appear where unwashed fabric is creased).
For scale, the three cats label is approx. 5 3/8" x 6 7/8".
The fabric comes to us folded by the meter (1 meter is approx. 39 inches), so for ease that is how we are selling it, by the meter. The fabric is 35" wide.
Shrinkage is up to 10% so one meter will end up being a approximately one yard after washing.
Wash separately, cold to warm.
Do not bleach
Do not dry clean.
Tumble drying not recommended.
