Comments on: Suzani

By: mendofleur

mendofleur — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:44:15 +0000

The fabrics in that book are amazing. I never realized there was a textile center near Moscow and how fascinating that they were used by these other cultures. It reminds me of how the Chinese embroidered piece I showed earlier was backed with that Western textile. Glad you got the book. It is a fun read.

By: lee

lee — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:11:10 +0000

What a fabulous piece of work. I got the Susan Meller book from the library and Wow!! I was so smitten with the fabrics she shows – lucky you to have a thing like that in your house, over your couch!

By: how the textile vibe goes round the world « threadspider’s weblog

how the textile vibe goes round the world « threadspider’s weblog — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:47:24 +0000

[...] I was reading Phyllis’ blog and found references to more beautiful textiles from Asia. I was not familiar with suzani embroidery [...]

By: Phyllis

Phyllis — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:59:40 +0000

I love your imagery of the silk ikat. Thank you. What a treat to envision something new through someone eyes.

By: threadspider

threadspider — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:20:56 +0000

Beautiful blue silk ikat-flowing like a river. What richness you have found in these pieces.

By: debraann

debraann — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:05:45 +0000

These are beautiful pieces. I especially like the top one. The colors are beautiful.

By: Pat

Pat — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:20:39 +0000

The silk ikat has a very interesting design element. Is it a cathedral? The repetitiveness of does suggest something for a church, like an altar cloth.
I go on ebay and look at the textiles but not being able to touch keeps me from bidding.
Excuse typos, cat on lap! I should actually abbreviate it to : etcol. Sorry early morning humor.

By: jude

jude — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:08:23 +0000

suzani is one of my favorite styles, especially loving the density of the stitches. this style of stitching very much influenced my embroidery style. what a surprising backing on this. it is interesting to combine different ethnic textiles in one piece. i too have a soft spot for central asian textile .