This is the first block printed fabric design I created together with @imprintedstory using their special wooden blocks!I am in love with this smooth rayon fabric, the color and the prints! And Im so happy to discover IM.PRINTED company, since we share the same desire to help and empower those who are less fortunate than us. While im working with the village women on making the clothes, Petra, the owner of @imprintedstory works with local women from Bagru on creating block printed fabrics and preserving their 400 years old tradition!
Learning new stitches together, laughing and sharing good moments- this is a true co-creation, sacred, beautiful, and uplifting... I cannot express with words how grateful I am to be able to spend time with these wonderful women and share knowledge with them and create beautiful pieces together. Even language stops being an issue when you sit down to craft. There is always a way to show, illustrate and explain with gestures, as long as desire is there- everything is possible.
Check out the process of making a single dress freshly from the field ;-)
We started from unwrapping the beautiful sari fabric and measuring length and the neck
Measuring side seams
Making b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l hem stitch!
Amazingly done lock-in stitch!
Hand stitching the neckline (rolling stitch) and elegant dress is ready!
Tune in to Glorka's India Diaries 2019: Here I am again, going to India to continue the work we started last year together with AMMACHI Labs on supporting and empowering women from rural villages. I will be teaching them basic sewing skills and co-creating another amazing collection of Bohemian Caftans for the brand. I am SO excited to be coming back there! There is so much more to do...Thank you everyone who was supporting me last time and who is supporting this project this year! The plan is to start establishing an ongoing relationship with Ammachi Labs and villages.... Yay! Oh and, I just want to say.. Living there feels like a Discovery Channel!.. Working together and co-creating something beautiful, - it's just so...
It's been so much fun to be working with Gabrielle Roth's 5Rhythms on creating a LIMITED EDITION of a new wave of #5Rhythms harem-style pants. Together we've designed these 5 new prints to move your home rhythm (or inspire you to call in the rhythm you struggle with most) on the dance floor and into the streets. We are calling in all our friends out there loving and moving with 5Rhythms! What is your rhythm?.. F L O W I N GS T A C C A T OC H A O S L Y R I C A LS T I L L N E S S If you haven't visited 5rhythms yet - please do so -...
