Having met the little-known people behind the many designs that emerge from its cities and villages, Patrick J. Finn weaves a colourful narrative Patrick J. Finn has travelled across India researching ...
Unlike the currently trending buzz about sustainability and recycling, India has had traditions in this direction since the Indus Valley civilisation, where clothes were reused and recycled. One such ...
Drive down Mumbai’s thoroughfares, the ones hemmed in by tin shanties and makeshift homes and chances are you’ll spot an intricately hand stitched quilt hung out to air on a rickety balcony or a road ...
Khadi couture embraces the timeless charm of quilting, blending handcrafted comfort with modern elegance. A revival where tradition meets contemporary style.(Image: Terra Luna) There’s something ...
"Paintings, people really don’t understand. They don’t really get paintings. Quilts they do understand because everybody has a quilt in their house," said Faith Ringgold, an American artist, known for ...
Each quilt has a story to tell. Do quilts travel to various places to tell these stories? Yes, at least 18 award winning quilts from India Quilt Festival 2019 are ‘travelling’ across the country under ...
An Indian American physician has created a unique quilt depicting the US national flag which has the signatures of governors of all 50 American states and former President George W Bush, making it the ...
Not a drop of Indian blood flows through the veins of Gertrude Elmore, but tears flow freely when she talks about American Indian history she has sewn into a quilt. It took the 70-year-old seamstress ...
The Syosset school district recently approved a petition I initiated to add the Hindu holiday of Diwali as an official holiday on its calendar, allowing hundreds of families to celebrate without the ...
An Indian American physician has created a unique quilt depicting the US national flag which has the signatures of governors of all 50 American states and former President George W Bush, making it the ...