Philippines has so much to offer when it comes to fine hand-embroidery... Though a lot of changes were made over the years, and that includes significant changes on the face of Philippine embroidery, there are still communities that continue the tradition in hand-embroidery.
The photos below are just examples of what embroiderers from Southern Luzon still do up to these days... hand-embroidered pina and jusi.
Can you imagine doing this tiny and detailed embroidery? This is what I'm planning to learn on my next trip back home. I will be spending some quality time in the community to study and do further research about our national cloth.
3 comments:
Oh yes! the famous Phillipine fabric and the special 'puff' sleeve. All the best to you Lody. I guessed your next designs after the trip will incorporate these embroidery?
I recently did some conservation work on a wedding dress made in 1828 from Pineapple cloth at the Bowes Museum in the north of England. It is a figured fabric, light as a feather and wearing well!
I'm curious to know how this fabric is made? similar to linen?
Ann Clare
Hi Ann,
Yeah, pina cloth is as light as a feather.:)
I wish I can answer your question but I have no idea (yet) how both fabrics are made. All I know is that pina cloth is made of pineapple fiber. Pina (read as pin-ya in the Philippines) means pineapple.
Thanks for dropping by!
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