Tie N Dye with Shisha Work

Bandhani or Tie and Dye is one of the oldest dyeing techniques of India. The state of Rajasthan is very famous for it. We Indian women have at least two or three saris and dresses of Bandhani. Mostly cottons, silks and also in modern times synthetic fabric is available. 

Bandhani fabrics have beautiful bright colours often contrasting colours like red and blue, red and green, yellow and green and more than two or three colour combination. They have various patterns of dyeing like dots, circles, squares, waves or stripes and many more.

These fabrics are further embroidered with fine wool, mirrors and beads. Saris, skirts, chunnis or dupattas(scarfs), and churidar or shalwar dress material is available in cottons, silks and synthetics. 

Here is one such dupatta. The fabric is light weight cotton or mulmul (soft and fine muslin), dyed by using Bandhani technique. 

As we can see, both ends of the dupatta has been stitched with a printed fabric border, and then big circular paillettes sequins have been added. Chain stitch with white coloured wool on the edges and with coloured wool on the paillettes sequins can also be seen. We can also see the small sequins embroiderd around the motif.

 Here a metal frame has been used for attaching the paillettes sequin. 

 A small circular paillettes sequin attached to the fabric.

Look at the tie and die pattern and the use of paillettes sequins.

The edges have been decorated with silver coloured beads and cowrie shells. 

This beautiful work is done by the artisans of Rajasthan. I have some beautiful tie and dye saris and dresses and dupattas of Rajasthan. I cannot resist their beautiful bright colours or the shisha work. Our wardrobe is not complete with out these beautiful collection.

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Bead and Cowrie Embroidery

This is my niece's skirt:

This is known as Lehenga. It is full length, A line, made of Blue coloured Cheese Cotton cloth which has been treated with acid wash.

It has red coloured poplin piping at the bottom and also at the waist. A strip of cotton zari border in red colour has been stitched in V shape at the top and at the bottom to add a bit of sparkle.

The embroidery is entirely of chain stitch with black black and red Neem Zari thread. That is the cotton thread which has zari (gold) thread in it. Sequins, white seed beads and cut glass beads, kaudi(cowrie) shells have also been used.

This is the back side.

This is the blouse. Here paillettes with holes have been used. You can also see drop shaped plastic beads in white colour.

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