Chilly Red, Hand Dyed Batik, 100% Cotton Night Gown - NG010

Chilly Red, Hand Dyed Batik, 100% Cotton Night Gown - NG010A vivid chilly red across the full cloth the name is apt. This is a red that has heat in it, warm and intense without tipping into orange, and the hand dyeing gives it a richness that flat dyed fabric in the same colour would never achieve. Solid reds in batik are demanding the dye has nowhere to hide and any unevenness shows. The depth and consistency here reflects careful work, and the slight tonal variation across the cloth is the honest mark of a

A vivid chilly red across the full cloth — the name is apt

The meeting of blue and yellow in the dye process creates transitional tones that aren't planned but are a natural consequence of the chemistry

It's not a flaw

The dye settled into the cotton at its own pace

elegant visual movement

The triangle border was applied in wax point by point along the hem edge before the dye went on

full leaf-green across the whole cloth — not a pattern but a presence

The best part about a kaftan is that it flatters all body shapes and sizes

a softening there — and it's what makes a solid-colour batik feel like a cloth rather than a canvas

Green body with a triangle border at the hem — the deep green of the main cloth is grounded further by the geometric border design

and the black grounds it completely by the hem

The undyed ground between the stripes keeps its natural cotton colour