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We Celebrate our 50th Birthday!

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We Celebrate our 50th Birthday!

On the 4th November 1974 we opened a small shop in the Sheffield suburbs called Freewheelin'. Here we are today at the Silk Road.

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Desert Flowers - Embroidered Textiles of Afghanistan.

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Desert Flowers - Embroidered Textiles of Afghanistan.

Our talk to the Embroiderers Guild continued the theme of embroidered wedding shawls with an excursion to Afghanistan where the embroidery style is mostly geometric in design. 

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Desert Flowers - the Embroidered Textiles of Rajasthan & Gujarat.

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Desert Flowers - the Embroidered Textiles of Rajasthan & Gujarat.

It seems that the more barren the landscape the greater is the desire for colour and the women of all these regions use colourful embroidery to embellish clothes and furnishings. 

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