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Wax print designs: bull's eye, alphabet, speed bird in three crackle finishes

Wax print — Concentric wavy-edged ovals like an eye, each ring a different flat colour, set in a staggered grid across the cloth, fine crackle veins running through every field where the wax broke before the dye went on., industrial wax-resist printing on both faces of cotton, the wax cracked before dyeing

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Reading 1Bull's eye
Reading 2Alphabet field
Reading 3Veined ground

Wax print is industrial resist dyeing, printed on both faces of the cotton so there is no wrong side, and deliberately cracked so dye veins the ground. Designs are drawn in Europe and named in West African markets — bull's eye, alphabet, speed bird. These nine set all three in a fine crackle, a bold crackle and a contemporary colourway. Ask for a different named design and the same three crackle finishes carry it.

  • a fabric or wallpaper swatch
  • a gift print
  • a home decor accent
  • a sewing or craft reference

Frequently asked questions

What size do these print at?
Each design is drawn at A3 proportions with an even margin, so it prints clean at A3 or scales to A4.
Can I ask for a different named design?
Yes — name the design in the direction field, the way markets name new wax prints, and the same three crackle finishes carry it.
What's the difference between the three crackle finishes?
Fine crackle keeps the veining tight and dense; bold crackle opens wider cracks through the ground; contemporary colourway keeps the same crackle but shifts the palette to modern tones.
Is this a real wax print design owned by a specific mill?
No — the set draws on the double-faced, deliberately-cracked resist technique behind West African wax print as a style reference for a generated pattern, not a reproduction of any specific mill's registered design.

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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.