Desi Vogue

Make a Do-it-yourself (DIY) hand weaving loom in cardboard and weave your own fabric on it

"Do it yourself" ("DIY") is the method of building, modifying, or repairing things without the direct aid of experts or professionals. Academic research has described DIY as behaviors where "indivi...

Drawn Thread Embroidery – A novel way of cutting fabric thread to create designs

Weaving a fabric is usual and further enhancement is through additions by way of embroidery, painting, appliqué, brocade or other forms of decorating. But novel or unusual is the cutting of fabric ...

Batik on sarees  – a rage at home in India and other places overseas

Batik, also known as ‘wax writing’ is an arty way of decorating fabrics and has come a long way from being a ‘mere handicraft’. A way of decorating cloth by covering a part of it with a coat of wax...

Tussar Silks – a timeless affair in soft silky weaves

If there is any silk comparable to the pure or cultivated mulberry silk, it is the wonderful Tussar or Kosa silk. Of fine texture, the pale golden sheen fibre Tussar has been very much popular as a...

An undying thirst for the Bandhani patterns satiated partly through a new range of fabrics

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]From the time that the desert lands of Gujarat (Kutch) and the sand dunes of Rajsthan, gave Bandhani to the world, the two-way romance has ever been there. The ma...

Handlooms – the ‘Desi’ flavor in Indian fabrics

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Handlooms – the ‘Desi’ flavor in Indian fabricsWhen our Prime Minister Narendra Modi coined Vocal for Local he was referring to all things Indian that could easil...

Vrinda – an extension of the theme on Purity, begun by Pavni

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When the mind is pure, the intentions are pure. When the intentions are pure, the entire psyche is enveloped with the thought of doing good. So any action as a re...

Pavni – A Celebration of South Indian handlooms while acknowledging their Purity of Weave

Pavni is a celebration of purity, an act of solemnizing the auspicious, the reverence shown to an honored tradition of handloom weaving in Southern India. Brainchild of Unnati Silks, this year’s an...

DIY stamp ideas for hand printing at home

Hand-printing is done professionally. But hand-prints on your own fabrics could have your own personal stamp on them. The stencil method is easy, fast and most popular. But why not try the carving-...

A short story on Printing on Fabrics

Prints on fabrics, is ‘old hat’, but how much do we know about this delightful and quick method of adorning fabrics?Let us know its travel across time.