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Shown: Two left tote bags above dyed with indigo in the ferrous vat, the tote on the right dyed with cutch & soda ash.





START WITH A SURFACE

Maiwa searches the world to find beautiful, organic cloth. Our blanks are designed to be platforms for your creativity and handwork. All are made of 100% natural fibres, most are handwoven and organic certified and many are woven with hand-spun yarns making them a dream to work with. Garments are sewn with dyeable cotton threads. We are always adding to this collection.

View the Journeywoman Collection, a collaboration between India Flint and Charllotte Kwon of Maiwa. The beginning of Maiwa's Dyeable Clothing.


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Dyeable tote bags sold individually, or in a pack of 12.



Shown: Maiwa's dyeable clothing above dyed with cutch.

All Dyeable Clothing

All Dyeable Scarves & Shawls
 

Shown Above: Shimoga shirt above dyed with madder.
Shown Below: Shimoga shirt in different fibres before dyeing.



Shown: Apron above dyed with marigold.

All Dyeable Aprons



Shown: Individual pom pom shawls, or sold in a pack of 6, above dyed with pomegranate & iron, cutch, osage, eastern Brazilwood & cutch, and indigo.



Shown above: Individual mull shawl, or sold in a set of 12  dyed with indigo using the grid fold clamp resist as taught in Maiwa's Journey Into Indigo workshop.



Shown: Silk Tussar Shawl above dyed with lac.



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Visit Maiwa's naturaldyes.ca







The Guide to Natural Dyes


How to Dye with Indigo


For more information on natural dyes visit naturaldyes.ca.






To our U.S. customers – don't forget that the exchange rate works in your favour, it's like an extra discount.

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A NEW INNOVATION

For years we have worked with Dhebaria Rabari embroiderers. They make very playful, geometric patters through the appliqué technique. We also partner with block printing families who use natural dyes and who work in the Ajrakh tradition. The embroiderers and block printers live in the same area. And so, another collaboration was born.
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Sophena Kwon and Danielle Bush demonstrating how to print with stencils, Japanese brushes, and wooden blocks in their workshop Print & Paint with Natural Dyes for the Maiwa School of Textiles.



How do you transfer your creativity to a surface?
 With Maiwa's incredible selection of mark making tools:
all kinds of brushes, blocks, stencils, and squeeze bottles.
Use them with your favourite process.
 

STENCILS


SEE ALL STENCILS


JAPANESE BRUSHES
All sizes restocked!


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WOODEN BLOCKS



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MORE MARK MAKING TOOLS


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APRONS


See all Aprons


NATURAL DYES
MORDANTS, & ADDITIVES

Everything you need to get started on your natural dye journey.


See the Natural Dye Kit Here

The famous Maiwa Natural Dye kit includes 60ml Synthrapol Soap, 250g Soda Ash, 250g Alum, 100g Tannin Blend (quebracho & sumac), 100g Madder root, 100g Osage sawdust, 100g Logwood Chips, 100g Cutch extract, and 30g of Cochineal bugs.

All Natural Dye Kits

All Natural Dyes

All Mordants

All Additives



To our U.S. customers – don't forget that the exchange rate works in your favour, it's like an extra discount. 

Thursday, June 02, 2022 No comments




REVISIT • REFRESH • REIMAGINE

Highlights from our recent arrivals.
Maiwa clothing - always in season.

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SEE ALL CLOTHING

SEE THE JOURNEYWOMAN COLLECTION HERE



To our U.S. customers – don't forget that the exchange rate works in your favour, it's like an extra discount.

Tuesday, May 31, 2022 No comments


NEW! - MENDING KIT

A handy little on-the-go kit for mending your favourite sweaters, socks and pants. Complete with cotton threads, needles, and a wooden embroidery hoop, all in a sweet hand stitched drawstring pouch.



YOU SUPPLY THE CREATIVITY,
WE SUPPLY THE REST.

It's easy to express yourself through making. When you embellish with stitchwork it is as if you are drawing a line with thread. When you mend with ingenious thread-work it can be like a tiny floating weaving.

Add some colour and a stitch in just the right place. Bring your materials and your ideas together.



NEW! - SASHIKO KIT

Learn how to stitch sashiko with this handy little kit! Complete with cotton thread, needles, and a mini 48-page guide outlining all the key sashiko basics, a brief history and stitching techniques.



NEW! - SASHIKO STENCILS

Delve into the world of sashiko with these easy to use stencils of traditional Japanese designs. These handy stencils will give you the confidence to start each sashiko project with accuracy and ease - just position the stencil, mark the designs, and get stitching!

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See All Zardozi Thread



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Sparkles to adorn any project!

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To our U.S. customers – don't forget that the exchange rate works in your favour, it's like an extra discount.

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