08/22/2026
More new stuff for the fair. Handmade Kalamkari bandanas just arrived! We have 18 different styles that will make a perfect companion to many of our patchwork pants and skirts!
Now what exactly is Kalamkari…..?
Kalamkari is a traditional art of fabric printing using vegetable dyes. The printing is done using wooden blocks chiselled from teak wood by master craftsmen. This complex and highly skilled art of printing fabric is practiced by certain families in Andhra Pradesh, India. Pomegranate peel, iron scrap, turmeric, Jaggrey, salt etc are used to make the vegetable dyes. The cloth is soaked in Myrobalam Juice before printing. After printing each color the fabric is boiled using leaves, flowers and barks and sundried to resume printing. The printed fabric is finally washed in the flowing waters of river Krishna. The flow of the water determines the brightness of the colors. The fabric is then sun-dried and ready to be crafted! Smudges and minor imperfections are completely normal due to the handcrafting process.