African dyed "basin" fabrics

The basin (or "bazin") is the cotton damasked fabric used to make glossy boubous in West Africa.

The word "basin" comes from Italian where "bambagia" means the cotton wadding, the word meaning "good basin".

Africouleur's basin is hand dyed in Togo following traditional techniques. It is the fabric of choice for Ferouz ALLALI's creations of clothing and household linen in her shop. Each piece created by hand is unique. It is an expensive fabric compared to wax, more common, not damasked, and whose colors are printed by machine.

When Ferouz imagines a new line of clothing, she works with the togolese dyers of Africouleur, and both choose fabrics on the market and participate to the creation of color sets.

Patterns rings or strips are obtained by folding or knotting the tissues. This work prevents colors from entering certain parts of the fabric thus protected during the dyeing. During the latter, the fabrics are immersed in baths of pigments mixed with a fixative.

The fabrics are 100% cotton are solid and the colors are also of outstanding longevity. The maintenance of our textiles is very simple, they are washable linen by machine at 30 ° (Wash separately the first time). The shiny original gloss is easy to restore starching the tissue while ironing.

In addition to its line of clothes and household linens, Africouleur markets, by unity or larger amounts, pieces of basin. You can enjoy a few colors and patterns below. To order thank you note the references that might interest you and feel free to contact us.

Multicolored pieces of damasked african textile

Green damasked african textile with lines

Damasked african textile with orange and dark inlays

Multicolored pieces of damasked african textiles

Green basin textile with gold and brown inlays

Violet basin african textile with gold and brown inlays

Golden african fabric with red and brown inserts

Miscellanous colors dyed on african cotton textile

Light brown african textile with marron dye

African textile with violet and golden dyed inserts

Red and gold lines dyed over a violet african textile

Blurred gold and orange patterns dyed over a violet fabric

Huge diamond shapes dyed over an orange and violet textile

Round shapes dyed over a damsked basin textile

Enlargement of linear patterns dyed over an african textile

Green, orange and yellow d amond shapes dyed on an african textile

Big round shapes over a green and orange fabric

Orange lines dyed over an emerald blue african textile

Orange diamond shapes dyed over a blue-green textile

Big brown and gold diamond shapes dyed over a red textile

Small brown and gold diamond shapes dyed over a red textile

Clouds of brown dyed over a golden damsked african textile

Square shapes dyed over an earth colored african fabric

Small stripes hand-colored over a brown african textile

Large red and gold stripes hand dyed over a light green fabric

Small stripes of red and gold hand dyed over a light green fabric

Big dark brown diamond shapes dyed over a blue textile

Linear dark brown patterns dyed over a golden african fabric

Linear dark violet patterns dyed over a light blue african fabric

African damsked basin drying after its dye

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