Beautiful thread magic on sarees from Print Pics embroidery

Kantha is exquisite darning work or embroidery, once done out of necessity on used apparel; today a means of enhancing adornment on sarees and other fabrics.

This unique art that describes beautiful thread work has the running stitch bring out lovely endearing motifs of flora and fauna, simple geometrical shapes, scenes from everyday life, mythological themes and folklore in technicolor. The stitches for kantha work mostly comprise the running stitch, darning stitch, satin stitch and loop stitch forms of thread work, though the stem stitch is specifically for the coloured motifs. Kantha work gives the saree a wrinkled and wavy look that transforms plain into unique, average into extraordinary creations. Though the running stitch is most popular for its ease, other forms of stitch such as darning stitch, satin stitch and loop stitch are also used.

Origin of Print Pics

Long back in rural Bengal and Bangladesh, Kantha work was embroidery done on used apparel, renewing their looks and _MG_9393extending their life. Kantha Work was essentially thread work done on old sarees, dhotis and other apparel. A unique art from Murshidabad in former Bengal, popular and practised in current West Bengal, especially in Bholpur, and Bihar, it is a running stitch on the sarees in the form of motifs to enhance the look of the used fabrics it adorned. Bengali women used to mend their old clothes by making designs from a strand of thread off the colorful border of their saris. A craft of skill widely practised by women in rural Bengal, it knew no boundaries of class or status. Be it a woman in a small village or a rich landlady, both devoted their skills and talents to use Kantha for their clothing, either out of need or just out of creative interest.