Sleeveless Top & Pleated  Long Skirt

Fabric

Top : Malkha KS15 Block Print ;  Green and yellow leaves with red outline and red twig block printed

Skirt : Windowpane Plaid Kerala Balaramapuram Handloom Cotton with Golden Zari sourced from Ramachandran Handloom

Trim : Maroon Cotton Silk binding and Zari border (Both scraps from previous works)

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Frock with hand embroidered  bodice 

Fabric : Malkha Shot Cotton C28

                 Warp : Anaar Yellow ,Pomegranate Rind with Harad dyed

           Weft : Alizarin Red , non toxic by product of coal tar

Trim : Antique Gold Zari Lace

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Baby frock with hand embroidered yoke  

Fabric : Malkha Kora ; unbleached plain cotton fabric , woven on handloom using undyed Malkha yarn.

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A-Line Frock with Dragon fly embroidered pocket

Fabric : Malkha cotton (B1) 

Trim : Coconut shell buttons

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Baby's Top

Fabric : Malkha cotton (S-1) 

All wet processing of Malkha are done in an organic way ensuring safety of wearer and environment

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SIMPLE SUMMER FROCK

 Fabric : Kora Malkha Cotton (B1)

The Malkha process puts the intermediate stage of cotton spinning back in the village, making the entire textile chain from cotton to cloth village based.

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 MALKHA LACE DRESS

Fabric : Kora Malkha Cotton (B1)

Trim: Handmade Malkha lace ruffles

Do You Know !

We are using a spinning technology that was actually invented to spin American cotton, by people who had no experience of Indian cotton.

o   Thanks to Uzramma and L.Kannan, Malkha uses an indigenous spinning technology thereby making Malkha quintessentially desi.

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BABY'S SUMMER TOP

Fabric : B1 Malkha Cotton 

Courtesy : Malkha Marketing Trust

MEET MALKHA; THE NEW AGE KHADI

Malkha is pure cotton handloom fabric born out of the combination of modern small scale technology and traditional principles of cloth making. A breathable  fabric with good texture, drape, absorption and colour holding properties. It is made out of malkha yarns which are spun using the innovative micro spin technology. Malkha fabrics are hand woven by skilled weaver families using cotton grown by small holder families. Malkha is a classic example of Indian sustainable textile. Malkha is available in unbleached (kora) to natural coloured  plain and patterned fabric as well as hand block printed fabrics. All malkha fabrics are marketed by Hyderabad based  Malkha Marketing Trust.

The name Malkha is formed by combining the first two syllables of 'mulmul'(superfine cotton fabric) and 'Khadi' (coarse fabric hand woven with hand spun yarns). Like khadi movement the birth of Malkha too have a mission and vision. The whole process of Malkha follows the Gandhian principles of swaraj and village self sufficiency. It addresses the problems of weavers, dyers and handloom weavers. If Khadi movement was about boycotting foreign goods; Malkha movement aims to free Indian handloom industry from the shackle of conventional spinning mechanism. 

stay tuned to know more on this wonder fabric....