![]() Hey!! Sorry for responding late! But for me when I got started I just looked up basic cross stitch techniques. For these designs, the book I use now just provide the design, area it’s from, and name. TL DR some designs probably did have historical meaning to it, some designs probably don’t, but I’m just unfamiliar with that part as of now. Sorry for the longer response than you expected lol. I hope to one day to go back to my moms village with the mission of understanding and learning designs from our village and our history with it. This is just one of the stories I’ve read about Tatreez being used as communication a long time ago, but my grandparents died when I was young and never really got to learn about any of their history with it. And she sent the piece back with a newly added line in the middle as to say that things actually aren’t going that great. In the particular shared in the book, she was asking about the women’s relationship with her son and new daughter in law as her son recently got married. Like two birds in the center of a design signifies a relationship to some and sending a design with the birds would be like asking about how are things going. Certain designs meant/represented certain things. They couldn’t read or write a long time ago in their smaller villages and couldn’t write letters, but they would send embroidery to one another. In that book she shared a story from her grandmother I think, sharing about how a long time ago women would communicate through the embroidery pieces. I remember once reading a book written by another Palestinian American whose family took Tatreez (Palestinian Embroidery) really important and she wrote a book called Tatreez &Tea. Of course some designs were just inspired by nature (a lot of designs have simple names named after what inspired it) but people gave them meaning. The book I use now for patterns is part of that effort.īut overall I would say yes, I’m just not familiar with that history. Of course being the proud people Palestinians are lol a lot of people over the past few decades have taken the time traveling and visiting older refugee camps and areas that still remain in the West Bank and Arab villages in Israel to continue to gather more design patterns and keep record as much as they can. Especially when a lot of Palestinians began to leave their villages during the exodus, so a lot of things were lost in terms certain designs and the meaning of that design to that village/area as they began to leave. I’m sure there is a history to it, some of that has been lost through the generations. Competition and voting are the last seven days of each month.įind more information about the monthly competition here! □ View Pattern Archive □ Continuous Craft Fair □Īre you a shop owner? Apply for the Continuous Craft Fair □ Monthly Competition □Ģ022 monthly themes: Find the list in this post. Please review Rule 6! □ Monthly Free Pattern □ If you're linking back to your own shop, use the SHOP flair. Cross stitch-related photo including memes, hauls, pet pictures, self-made needle minders, dyed fabrics, and other pics related to cross stitching. Cross Stitch related questions, discussions, pattern requests, or general self-posts where photos aren’t necessary. Don't forget this partners with Rule Four: Cite your source! All posts must be a completed pattern done on fabric with thread. All bots are banned unless the bot provides exceptional value to /r/CrossStitch. Linking to your blog/shop are okay in the comments if you are providing a source for your, answering a question, or providing a pattern for free to the community. ![]()
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