As chikankari has become more popular, it's also become much harder to tell what's actually handmade and what's produced by machines. At first glance, they can look almost identical. The motifs may be ...

Hand embroidery is a long-standing traditional craft in Vietnam and artisans use their needles to explore a variety of themes to turn embroidered pieces into one-of-a-kind artistic products. Hand ...

Phulkari Embroidery: Nowadays, embroidery done with the help of machines has become so precise that it is no longer easy to differentiate between real handmade and machine-made work. How to ...

I mainly use DMC embroidery floss. For DMC No. 5 and No. 8 and for linen thread, I embroider with a single strand.

Banjara Embroidery is a vibrant and colorful embroidery from the Lambada gypsy tribe of Andhra Pradesh Kantha is a simple yet elegant embroidery from West Bengal and Odisha, created using running ...

Samarpita Yashaswini is a Content Producer for Fashion (HT Shop Now) at Hindustan Times Digital. She has five years of experience in lifestyle writing, specialising in fashion, beauty, and trend-led ...

A courtyard scattered with fallen jackfruit leaves sparked an unexpected idea. For Nguyen Thi Phuong Thanh, those dry, windblown leaves would soon become the canvas for intricate hand embroidery ...