Clare Louise Frost Pink Diamonds Hand Blocked Linen Cotton Fabric- 2 Yards

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Clare Louise Frost is a textile designer with a unique collection of hand blockprinted, hand woven, and hand embroidered fabrics. … Read more Clare Louise Frost is a textile designer with a unique collection of hand blockprinted, hand woven, and hand embroidered fabrics. Clare spent 9 years living in Istanbul, and has worked with artisans around the globe. Clare's collection of textiles is handmade by creative and expert hands in Gujarat, India and Kabul, Afghanistan.
DIAMOND’s design was a hand-painted version of Afghan tarshomar counted-stitch geometric embroidery. There are many diamond patterns in this type of geometric embroidery, and I was interested in the direction and ‘building block’ nature of the stitches.

The blocks to print the DIAMONDS are enormous - a foot across - and very heavy. Because the blocks are so chunky, the printers can barely see over them to see if they are lining up the registration properly. It takes a very steady and experienced - not to mention patient - hand to print it at all.

Hand blockprinted by master printers in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Base fabric is cotton/linen. See less