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Enhance your textiles--whether embroidery, applique, tie-dye, or batik--with unique internationally inspired projects. Shisha mirrorwork from India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan features beautiful star motifs and random crosses. Cotton cloths from Nigeria and Sierra Leone combine tie-dye and stitch resist. Try decorative techniques such as pleating, rouleaux, and ruching, reminiscent of 19th-century European and Asian dress. "Document[s] the importance of traditional handcrafted textile processes to differing geographic, historical and societal contexts....Can be adapted to classroom activities."--"School Arts.Singer, Margo is the author of 'Textile Arts: Multicultural Traditions - Margo Singer - Paperback' with ISBN 9780801981227 and ISBN 0801981220.
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