One Needle, One Thread: Miao (Hmong) Embroidery and Fabric Piecework from Guizhou, China (EN) fiber she incorporates the sewing machine

she incorporates the sewing machine and smocking pleater to produce contemporary machine-aided adaptations of stitch-resist

Immersion Dyeing: White Designs on a Colored Background Using Lemon Juice Discharge

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cloth and materials

Machine aided bound-resist in scattered blocks pattern

One Needle, One Thread: Miao (Hmong) Embroidery and Fabric Piecework from Guizhou, China (EN) fiber she incorporates the sewing machineA culmination of textile research conducted among the Miao (Hmong people living in China) in Guizhou Province, People's Republic of China, over a twenty five year span first begun by Dr. Sadae Torimaru and continued by her daughter Dr. Tomoko Torimaru. Features step by step instructions and color photographs to accompany each step for hundreds of traditional embroidery techniques, including sections on Miao traditional dress, cloth and materials,