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The history of mirror embroidery began in Persian in as early as 13 th century. It was considered to be one of the most elegant and attractive types of embroidery before and even today. Obviously, it is called mirror embroidery because it uses an item which is the mirror that is being decorated on the cloth or fabric. This is a long live traditional hobby that was being practiced by Artisans in almost all towns of India. The people who were involved in doing this activity needs proper knowledge and skills in stitching so that they can produced a perfect mirror embroidery work.
A small town in India called Rajasthan is the home of the multi-talented and exemplary skilled craftsmen. The people who lived here were very well-known for their talents in designing a fabric with various patterns, styles motifs including an embroidery mirror design. The embroidery with mirror was one of their impressive designs that most people before were aiming to have. Rajasthan was also known to be the popular shopping centers of these designs. In fact, there were many tourists who came to visit this place and brought home the elegant product with designs of mirror embroidery.
The whole process of making an item design with mirror embroidery needs a careful understanding. The process will include preparing small pieces of mirrors which are then properly place and sewn into the cloth using various types of stitches like buttonhole, satin stitch and cross stitched. Before, the designs of embroidery used by craftsmen were so called mica to make the garment more presentable and elegant. With the advancement of our technology today, the embroidery with mirror designs are very popular and the mirror sheets are easily provided. The mirror comes also in different shapes like oval, square, rectangular and lot more.
On the other hand, the people who were experts in dealing with the different cut designs of mirror were those who belong to Banni or Jat community. The designs of the mirror embroidery will depend on the type of fabric and the design of the work. The embroidery designs with mirror was also expose to Kathi embroidery, the concept of this designs is to put the desired cut of mirrors to cover or fill in the designs like the eyes of the animals or the flowers. The mirror embroidery designs before were done through the encrusted yoke along with the color combinations of thread like blue, red orange, white black and a lot more.
The knowledge and skills of using a mirror embroidery designs to clothes and other fabrics is very important. The Artisans before, make sure that the mirrors are very well-prepared and properly checked the edges to ensure that the sides are not sharp. Also, because mirrors naturally shine especially if it is reflected by the rays of the sun, the designers really think of impressive styles to create magical artwork to the onlookers. Today, mirror embroidery designs are very popular in some other countries like the European countries along with the wide variety of sizes and designs to fit every fashionable individual out there.
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