This 100% cotton fabric is perfect for sashiko, embroidery, boro, mending, clothing, soft home furnishings, bags, and throws. This fabric is a thicker and softer than American quilting fabrics. It will wear well over time, is preshrunk, colourfast, and machine washable. Use it for hand or machine sewing. Each piece is 18″ X 21″ (54cmx45cm) About Azumino-momen: The word momen means cotton, this is a piece dyed solid colour cotton fabricmade in the Azumino district of Japan. After weaving the cloth is hand dyed in small batches, during which itundergoes a treatment which leaves it witha permanent distinctive texture which will not wash out. This fabric is made for Olympus Ltd in Japan.