Pale Sun Rustic Silk with Red Ikat Kasuri Tortoise Shell/Kikko, Vintage Kimono Silk by the Yard from Japan #153 7/16" Button Flat not domed

Flat not domed

slight dome shape

All in one piece

It's soft but not supple

19mm thick so mid-weight for silk

Pale Sun Rustic Silk with Red Ikat Kasuri Tortoise Shell/Kikko, Vintage Kimono Silk by the Yard from Japan #153 7/16" Button Flat not domedTiny 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