The Art of Kantha Embroidery

Aarong alpana appears areas associated attempt background Bangladesh become Bengal border patterns BRAC bratas Calcutta carpet central centre chatai closely cloth collected colours common corners cover Crafts created cross stitch culture darning stitch designs Development Dhaka drawn effect embroidered Embroidered Quilt embroidery example Faridpur field figures fish flower folk four hand handicrafts Hindu Indian indigenous influenced Jasimuddin Jessore Jessore kanthas kaitya kantha maker kantha revival kantha stitch Kashmiri known Kumudini layers lines lohori lotus marriage material motifs Museum Muslim Nakshi Kantha nature needle noted occasionally organizations parallel perhaps Persian phor pieces poem points popular prayer produce quilt Rajshahi referred resembles rippled running stitch sari scenes SDUW seen similar space suggests sujni Surayia surface symbol taga taken takes tend term thread traditional traditional kantha variations variety village weaving woman women yarn