Pale Sun Rustic Silk with Red Ikat Kasuri Tortoise Shell/Kikko, Vintage Kimono Silk by the Yard from Japan #153 7/16" Button Tiny red and gray birds

Tiny red and gray birds alight on strings of off-white dots

Imperial Jasper is known for dyeing beautifully

slight dome shape

there's a window-pane-like grid in the fine silk weave

All in one piece

Pale Sun Rustic Silk with Red Ikat Kasuri Tortoise Shell/Kikko, Vintage Kimono Silk by the Yard from Japan #153 7/16" Button Tiny red and gray birdsTiny little black shapes almost look like the stitches on a baseball, and they create six sided tortoise shell shapes through the pastel yellow silk. We think this is raw silk similar to Tsumugi. In Japan also they sometimes spin and use the 'thread scraps' from previous fabrics, creating extra color, texture, and slubs. Both sides are the same and it has a cottony feel; mid lightweight and thin, matte not shiny, slubby and textured, soft, supple and