NEPALI TEXTILE

Good Morning Fellow Crafters! I am so excited to be joining Sweet Nothings Stamp Co. and it’s very talented Design Team for a September Creative Challenge. I was lucky enough to be asked to participate as a Guest Design Team member for the month of September, many thanks Lina for the invite. This means I got to play with some of the gorgeous Sweet Nothings digi images and tag along as a DT member this month - heaps of fun,...

pangden village to rachen gompa

Product Information  The pillow is finished with our flax linen backing and closed by an invisible zipper with a gold pull. Our signature St. Frank plate is featured in the bottom right-hand corner of the pillow. The cushion is stuffed with an oversized down insert. The dimensions are 16" W x 12" H, 20" W x 20" H, and 40" W x 15" H.  Provenance This pillow is made from fabric that is based on a handwoven piece made from pure Tibetan sheep's wool to produce a fabric called Sherma. Sherma is one of the finest woven textiles made in Tibet. This super-thin wool takes much longer to spin than other, thicker wools, and is one of the thinnest wools that can be created on a loom. After spinning, the wool is dyed using natural plant-based dyes and then woven into strips. The strips are stitched together to form the traditional Tibetan apron called pangden. These aprons are characterized by a three panel, multi-colored stripe design. The pangden communicates two aspects of a Tibetan woman's identity. Traditionally, only married women wore aprons, so the apron generally serves as a mark of marital status. Second, the stripe patterns and colors are unique to different regions of Tibet, thus revealing the woman's origin. This pangden is from the Panam County of the Shegatse Region in the southwestern part of Tibet.