Sari's are 6 meters long pieces of fabric. When they are discarded as garment, they are collected in places like Kolkata where they are sorted per quality and composition. Once sorted, they are packed in big bundles and sold to different industries for recycling.
GOTS certified organic cotton is delivered to our dyeing house where the yarn is dyed.
Our designer mixes and matches the saris until she finds the perfect colour combination.
The seamstress sews all four layers together on a foot-operated sewing machine. These machines do not use electricity, which is very good for the ecological footprint of our products
The craftsperson carefully builds the fabric in layers by placing the four layers on top of each other. She smoothes the fabric as much as she can and connects them all with a temporary slip stitch, so they stay in place while she embroiders. The fabric is then embroidered with a very simple running stitch in organic cotton. Once the center portion is completely embroidered, she knots all the loose ends of the threads and folds the excess fabric to the sides into the perfectly sized Kantha fabric.
When all the edges of the fabric are nicely closed, the craftswoman hand washes her piece and lays it in the sun on our rooftop to dry.
Each Kantha fabric is checked to ensure that only perfect pieces are packed and shipped.
The Kantha fabric is sewn into a Kimono by our fair-trade partner in Kolkata.
Your Kantha Kimono jacket is ready! Our artisans had fun whilst making them with pride. We hope you'll enjoy wearing it.
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