I just love Batik. So every time I go shopping though I think this time I don't want to buy cottons. But I do end up buying cottons and Batiks or Kalamkaris and the likes. First of all Love natural fibers, be it Khadi (hand spun), or jute or cottons or silks. Secondly I do like hand made products, be it Batiks or Kalamkaris or block prints. I have a very special liking for Batiks though. They fascinate me like the Kalamkaris.
This is a pink coloured fabric that I bought for my Kurtha or tunic. But haven't had the time to stitch it.
I love the slanted lines of the design very simple but cool. I also love this shade of pink.
This is a very unique combination of brown with light yellow and coral orange or should I say pinkish orange? The colour has not been properly shown in the picture. I wonder why? Any way this fabric I am going to use for the pants and teem it with a Coral coloured Tunic. All these I need to sew. I don't when I will the time for it?
Here is the matching dupatta or the stole to go with the dress. Note the bead embroidery on the edges of the stole. These days beads or some other sort of material is used as danglers from the edges of the sari or dupattas.
Now here is a sari which is one of my favourites. This is from Bengal. It is very famous for its great Batiks.This one is done on a very fine cotton known as Mull or rather Muslin. The cloth is very soft and feels like satin. This is the Pallu, the portion of sari which draped over the shoulder. The designs on Pallu of the Sari is one of the main attractions for the sari apart from the design on the borders and the main sari itself. Many a time we are tempted to buy the sari by the design on its pallu. Any way here it is. You can see two Hamsa-the traditional swan motifs with their long tails.This is surrounded by the floral vines. I love the combination white and black with a little red and yellow.
This is how the sari looks. That is the entire sari has the design of the swans, and flowers.
This is the border on both sides of the sari.
Another look at the swans on the pallu.
A closer look of the swans.
A closer Look at the flowers on the borders.
So isn't it beautiful? And that too for a very measly sum. I bought it cheap considering the amount of work involved in its creation.
This is a pink coloured fabric that I bought for my Kurtha or tunic. But haven't had the time to stitch it.
I love the slanted lines of the design very simple but cool. I also love this shade of pink.
This is a very unique combination of brown with light yellow and coral orange or should I say pinkish orange? The colour has not been properly shown in the picture. I wonder why? Any way this fabric I am going to use for the pants and teem it with a Coral coloured Tunic. All these I need to sew. I don't when I will the time for it?
Here is the matching dupatta or the stole to go with the dress. Note the bead embroidery on the edges of the stole. These days beads or some other sort of material is used as danglers from the edges of the sari or dupattas.
This is how the sari looks. That is the entire sari has the design of the swans, and flowers.
This is the border on both sides of the sari.
Another look at the swans on the pallu.
A closer look of the swans.
A closer Look at the flowers on the borders.
So isn't it beautiful? And that too for a very measly sum. I bought it cheap considering the amount of work involved in its creation.
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