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Threads exhibition 2

There was one section of the exhibition that featured Indian embroidery, much to my delight.  I love Kantha Quilts and there was one there, worked on silk.  It didn't hang very well as the fabric had dropped on one side and viewed from a distance it wasn't striking.

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But up close the stitching and designs were wonderful. 

The acknowledgement with the quilt is a bit blurry but readable.

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It was the detail that was stunning.

The border design where running stitch is used so effectively.

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And those wonderful motives, all of which could be an embroidery composition in their own right.

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In amongst all this detail I found one panel with birds, parrots I think.

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I have added these to my collection.  I'm designing a piece using all the birds I have spied. 

Here is the first one as a PDFDownload Indian bird 1

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Rachel

Such a fantastic source of ideas!

Carolyn Foley

Sometimes when you have a small exhibition you see more.

Maya

beautiful, I have a small kantha piece more like a baby blanket.

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