News — Embroidery
Muster up your passion and join our peacock party
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An interesting look at some of our beautiful collections, featuring impressive peacock designs.
Desert Flowers - Embroidered Textiles of Afghanistan.
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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.
Desert Flowers - the Embroidered Textiles of Rajasthan & Gujarat.
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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.
Kantha Scarves with a Vintage Twist
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Kantha scarves are handstitched using both long and short strokes giving texture to the silk that you just want to reach out and touch.
My Favourite Things - Appliqued Bedspreads from Barmer
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Our beautiful Appliquéd Bedspreads from Barmer are made by a process of reverse appliqué, a technique where one of two layers of fabric is cut away to produce a pattern, and embroidery added to the exposed under-layer.