Block Print Khaddar Kimono
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The Handwork
Block Print Khaddar Kimono
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Hand Block-Printed
Block printing is one of the oldest ways of putting pattern on cloth in South Asia. A drawing is transferred to a block of seasoned wood and carved by hand, so the pattern stands proud of the surface. Charged with dye and pressed down, the block leaves one repeat. Set side by side, impression after impression, the repeats become the cloth. Every piece is printed with natural dyes, and every block is carved by hand, so no two blocks are the same.
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Handwoven
Handloom cloth is made by hand from end to end. Yarn is wound onto the warp beam of a pit loom, the khaddi, and woven one pick at a time: the weaver opens the shed with the treadles, throws the shuttle across and beats each row into place with the reed. The slubs and small shifts in tension stay in the cloth. That is the point.
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Hand-Embroidered Details
Kadhai is embroidery worked by hand. A design is traced onto the cloth as a khaka, the cloth is stretched taut on an adda or a hoop, and a karigar works it stitch by stitch in silk, cotton and metallic zari. The needle is guided by eye and by hand, so no two pieces carry quite the same line.
Cut in a regular kimono silhouette from blue handwoven Khaddar, this piece is block-printed throughout with floral and paisley motifs arranged across the body, sleeves, and borders. Hand-applied pearl-like and sequin embellishments punctuate the artwork, while a hand-embroidered Rastah logo marks the chest. A smooth lining and braided cord-tie closure with embellished tassels complete the construction. The composition moves from scattered motifs into denser borders, creating rhythm through pattern and placement.
- Fabric
- Blue handwoven Khaddar
- Fit
- Regular
- Care
- Dry clean only
Features
- Open-front, pocket-free construction
- Block-printed floral and paisley motifs
- Hand-applied pearl-like and sequin embellishments
- Hand-embroidered Rastah chest logo
- Decorated front borders, cuffs and hem
- Smooth inner lining
- Braided cord-tie closure with embellished tassels
Care guide
- Do not wash, soak, or bleach
- Iron on reverse at low heat
- Do not iron directly over the block printing, embroidery or embellishments
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The craft · Thappa
ٹھپہCarved in wood.
Pressed by hand.
Each motif is cut into a block of seasoned wood, charged with natural dye and pressed onto the cloth by eye, one impression at a time. Every block is carved by hand, so no two prints are the same.
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