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Embroidery

Embroidery is the process of decorative stitching on

a cloth with colourful silk or cotton threads. Beautiful

designs are made on cloth with embroidery. We can

do embroidery by hand or using a machine.

Embroidery work

Some world-famous embroideries include Gujarat’s mirror embroidery,
West Bengal’s kantha work, Uttar Pradesh’s chikankari, and Punjab’s

phulkari.

Did You Kalamkari is a hand-painted cotton textile originating
Know? in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Kalamkari is a
twenty-three-step process that uses only natural dyes.
In India, Kalamkari art is classified into two distinct
styles: Machilipatnam and Srikalahasti styles.

Kalamkari art

Unstitched clothes

We all wear stitched or unstitched clothes.

Clothes such as salwar kameez, shirt and
trouser, skirt and top, and blouse are cut

and stitched out of one piece of cloth.

Clothes such as sarees dupattas, and shawls

are not cut and wrapped around the body.

They are called unstitched clothes.
Unstitched and stitched clothes

Traditional Indian dresses

We wear various kinds of clothing according to the weather of the place

where we live. The clothes we wear differ from region to region. Different

states have their style of traditional dressing.

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