Sabai Grass Laundry Basket Beni Open Teal & Natural crafts mustard and white pasapali fabric

mustard and white pasapali fabric is a true Sambalpuri double ikat beauty

Make this 3D Red Coffee Sambalpuri Cotton (Modi Jacket) yours right away and flaunt its unique beauty

The big pasapalli (checkerboard) blocks with ikat work running in between is its hall mark

These fabrics are made from vegetable-dyed cotton

Then these black bandha threads are set as the warp in a powerloom

Sabai Grass Laundry Basket Beni Open Teal & Natural crafts mustard and white pasapali fabricThe artistic hands of rural people have given a new recognition in handicraft. Sabai grass is collected from the forest mainly by the rural women who are then dried and made into ropes by manually operated machines . The dyes used for colouring the rope are synthetic dyes. These are then used for making utility items.