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Kasuri designs: cross motif, well-frame grid, picture panel in three styles

Kasuri — Small crosses scattered in an even grid, each arm feathered at the tip where the thread resist ended, deep indigo on a paler indigo ground, the rows drifting a fraction out of line as the cloth was beaten down., warp-and-weft ikat on hand-spun cotton, threads bound and indigo-dipped many times before the loom

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all 9 samples — three readings, three styles ↓

Reading 1Small crosses
Reading 2Well frames
Reading 3Picture kasuri

Kasuri is Japanese ikat: cotton threads bound and dipped in indigo before weaving, so the figure arrives a fraction out of register and every edge feathers. These nine carry a cross motif, a well-frame grid and a picture panel through feathered indigo weave, Kurume's cross-and-frame layout and Iyo's picture kasuri. Ask for a different figure and the same three ikat styles carry it.

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  • a weaving reference

Frequently asked questions

What size do these print at?
Each design is drawn as a seamless repeat at A3 proportions with an even margin, so it prints clean at A3 or scales to A4 or a fabric swatch.
Can I ask for a different figure, like a bird or a fan?
Yes — the direction field takes any figure you name, and the same three ikat styles render it with the feathered edge.
What's the difference between the three styles?
The cross-motif style shows Kurume's small repeating crosses; the well-frame-grid style renders the boxed lattice layout; the picture-panel style opens the weave to a larger pictorial figure, Iyo-style.
Is this respectful of real kasuri craft?
The set draws on the Japanese indigo-ikat weaving technique as a style reference for a generated print, not a reproduction of any specific weaver's or region's cloth, and not a claim to be hand-woven cotton.

About toile

This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.