Tatreez is the Arabic word for embroidery and the journal is 330 mini tatreez motifs designed by Zain Masri of Tirazain Initiative, a digitial archive and library that aims to document and preserve Palestinian embroidery.
I started it on January 5th and even carried it with me to the States to work on. The photo below was taken on March 6th.
I tried to work on it during my craft meet-ups but found it a bit challenging.
Update as of July 6th.
There were weeks when I didn't pick it up but towards the end, I was determined to finish.
It was completed around the first or second week of August.
(For someone who keeps a daily journal, I didn't even write down the actual date.)
Let your needle thread stories of hope and resilience --
each motif is a tiny act of resistance
and a celebration of Palestinian cultural heritage.
Free, free Palestine.
4 comments:
Dearest Tammy,
That was quite a mega task, especially by following a pattern and not a pre–printed one.
Don't you use an embroidery hoop for stretching the fabric. I cannot otherwise embroider. Still have some beautiful work to be finished... So seldom find the time and the light.
Hugs,
Mariette
It's beautiful Tammy a work of art and I love the meaning behind it.
Fabulous!!!!
That is a very pretty work of embroidery!
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