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A cut square of pink, checked gauze fabric hangs on a white wall
  • fiber content: 100% organic cotton
  • fabric width: 56"
  • fabric weight: 4.4oz sq/yd
  • wash on gentle cycle, hang to dry

This Organic Cotton Checked Gauze is light, airy, and opaque, yet has some structure. We use it in garments year-round. Cotton gauze fabric keeps you warm in the winter and cool in the summer. The textured cloth takes color unevenly which adds a lovely nuance to the shades.

Botanically dyed fabrics are a labor of love and a slow process. This palette was developed exclusively for the Embody Capsule Wardrobe collection (but of course feel free to use the fabric for any sewing project). 

Deren dyes all of the fabric in her backyard 'dye studio'. The fabrics are gently scoured and dyed using rainwater. Deren loves to dye using plants grown in her garden or foraged locally. 

The colors are colorfast but we recommend, washing on a gentle cycle and hanging to dry. You can tumble in the dryer for a few minutes to soften if you prefer.

Hand-dyed fabrics have texture and the color plays across the fabric in unique ways. The color saturation is almost never uniform and can be used intentionally to create beautiful patterns on the fabric. 

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  • Woolfork