Indian delights from Melanie Missin

 

On Saturday 7th October I attended the region 8 Quilters' Guild regional day where the speaker was the lovely Melanie Missin giving a talk about her trips to India with Aahilya Holidays

Mel brought along some of the beautiful textiles she had purchased on her trips as well as examples of pieces made on the workshops attended as part of the holidays

This included pieces from the Gujarat region where I will be leading an Aailya Holiday in October 2024. 

This is an example of work by the Rabari people in a remote rural area near Bhuj

One of the many textile technique workshops on the trip will be mirror work taught by Rabari embroiderers.

This is a Toran door hanging using mirror work bought by Mel in Bhuj

Look how tiny these mirrors are on a girls bodice - all done by hand

I suspect my attempts on the mirror workshop will be amateur in comparison  ut really looking forward to giving it a go!

Melanie also described another workshop technique of painting with a stick onto silk. Again this will be on the trip I am leading to India too

This fine bird was purchased in Ahmedabab

Tie dyeing using the tiniest of ties on silk to create gorgeous texture

The tie dye workshop is also covered on the Indian Embroidery Holiday.

Plus we will be experiencing workshops in Phulkari embroidery, Suzani embroidery and Kantha as well as block printing.

There are still places available. If you are interested please visit www.aahilyaholidays.com

Or email me on maryelmcintosh@gmail.com amd I can send you more details.

The cost is £2990 per person if sharing a twin room or £3890 for a single

Melanie's enthusiam and the knowledge she has gained from her tours with Aailya was so inspiring.

Thank you Melanie, and for your permission to show images of your textiles.