Drawing upon the rich #embroidery #heritage of her childhood in #Mumbai , Sarita Gujar combines #traditional #Indian #craftsmanship with western embroidery techniques & is sharing her skills with other #embroiderers in #Fredericton . 

Gujar's #expertise is in #shisha embroidery, also known as #MirrorWork . This #ancient #technique was originally the domain of poor #artisans who mimicked the bejewelled fashions of the wealthy.

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Working my way through Mastodon. Not yet close to proficient but navigating! Finding new folks, love the # follow for interests! Hoping it's a new way to move beyond angry culture wars and find some fellow #knitters, #embroiderers #crossstitchers and #dogsofmastodon ... Better for my mental health then TFG!
Hope to meet you soon!

Don't suppose any #embroiderers out there could recommend an entry level machine?

I think 4x4" might get frustrating quickly, so 5x7" might be the target ... but any other features to look out for?

Finished and sent off to the #Embroiderers Guild to form part of the #100Hearts Exhibition commemorating the end of the First World War.

Dedicated to the memory of the men of the merchant fleet, and in particular the many immigrants and naturalised citizens who, sometimes in the face of xenophobic hostility, continued to serve their adopted country faithfully and well, and brought up their children to think of it as home.

In especial memory of my great grandfather Henry Frederick Bloom.