These special moons are made with an unexpected cloth-a coarse homespun cotton cloth that had a layer of silk mawata stretched across it. I wondered…

Mawata is made from silk cocoons that are softened with hot water and soda ash before stretching them out on a frame. We also know them here as silk hankies.

After asking around, the best answer I could find was that the silk mawata was there to help keep the two cloths together so the exterior and interior fabrics wouldn’t slip around. Another use for silk!

In any case, I have a couple of rolls like this and it finally dawned on me to try dyeing some indigo moons with it. I love how they come out.

cloth measures 5” x 6”. Moon is 4”.

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Companion items:
Takaramono cloth collections
Other moons…
Indigo shades