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Threads: Women Kantha Quilting Embroidery

"Threads" is a documentary film about a Bangladeshi Muslim woman who liberates herself and hundreds of others by creating timeless works of art.

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"Threads" had its first festival screening October 18. The audience selected it Best Short Documentary at the Gig Harbor Film Festival.

Contemporary Embroidery

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Beautiful work by Hungarian-born artist Anna Torma.

Hot docs is a great film festival which continues to improve. See http://www.documentary.org/magazine/not-teenager-anymore-hot-docs-celebrates-its-20th-anniversary for a good article about how Hot Docs has grown. We hope to be able to screen Threads there, particularly given Surayia's connections to Toronto. Great Films, Event Marketing, International Film Festival, 20th Anniversary, Kickstarter, Celebrities

Great Films

Event Marketing

International Film Festival

20th Anniversary

Kickstarter

Celebrities

Not a Teenager Anymore: Hot Docs Celebrates its 20th Anniversary

Hot docs is a great film festival which continues to improve. See http://www.documentary.org/magazine/not-teenager-anymore-hot-docs-celebrates-its-20th-anniversary for a good article about how Hot Docs has grown. We hope to be able to screen Threads there, particularly given Surayia's connections to Toronto.

Craft and Compassion Cover, Issue 10. Hand/Eye magazine, one of our favorites. This issue, on "Craft and Compassion," has an article about Surayia. You can find the article by Annie Waterman on p44 at: http://www.womenweave.org/events_media/PRESS_544814.pdf. African Velvet, Wool Accessories, Magazine Crafts, Definition Art, Embroidered Quilts, World Crafts, Unwritten, Bookaholic, Buy Prints

Kantha Anthology

Craft and Compassion Cover, Issue 10. Hand/Eye magazine, one of our favorites. This issue, on "Craft and Compassion," has an article about Surayia. You can find the article by Annie Waterman on p44 at: http://www.womenweave.org/events_media/PRESS_544814.pdf.

Kantha Embroidery

Embroidery Art

Embroidery Stitches

Indian Embroidery Designs

Kantha Anthology

Kantha Anthology | HandEye. A good article from February 2010 about the kantha exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

This is from the American Tapestry Alliance's Facebook page. It's the photo of the day for May 23. It is woven by Cecilia Blomberg, a very talented weaver who lives near us and whom we have had the pleasure of watching create her art. Thank you Cecilia for all of the beauty you bring into the world. Tapestry Weaving, Bead Weaving, Quilts, Small Tapestry, Color Catalog, Art Forms, Fiber Art, Things To Come

This is from the American Tapestry Alliance's Facebook page. It's the photo of the day for May 23. It is woven by Cecilia Blomberg, a very talented weaver who lives near us and whom we have had the pleasure of watching create her art. Thank you Cecilia for all of the beauty you bring into the world.

Cathy Len

Threads: Women Kantha Quilting Embroidery

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The May issue of State Magazine has an article we wrote about Surayia and the film. See page 32.

Muhammad Yunus at The New York Times office in New York. In the early 1980s, when Surayia was first teaching poor women how to stitch nakshi kantha tapestries, Dr. Yunus and his colleagues helped teach the women -- most of whom had never had any income -- how to manage the money that they were starting to earn. Find A Business, Social Business, Ny Times, The New York Times, Congressional Gold Medal, Global Poverty, Smart Man, Help Teaching, Unemployment

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Beyond Profit: A Talk With Muhammad Yunus

Muhammad Yunus at The New York Times office in New York. In the early 1980s, when Surayia was first teaching poor women how to stitch nakshi kantha tapestries, Dr. Yunus and his colleagues helped teach the women -- most of whom had never had any income -- how to manage the money that they were starting to earn.

Kantha (Embroidered Quilt) from the Philadelphia Museum of Art collection, the best in North America. The 2009-10 exhibition of kanthas from the Stella Kramrisch and Bonovitz collections was an eye-opener. Kantha Fabric, Indian Textiles, Antique Textiles, Cotton Fabric

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Kantha (Embroidered Quilt) from the Philadelphia Museum of Art collection, the best in North America. The 2009-10 exhibition of kanthas from the Stella Kramrisch and Bonovitz collections was an eye-opener.

Aranya Crafts Limited

Aranya - Celebrating the Revival of Natural Dyes. All natural dyes used by Aranya in Dhaka.

Aranya Crafts Limited

Aranya - Celebrating the Revival of Natural Dyes. Silk kantha sari.

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Aranya Crafts Limited

Aranya - Celebrating the Revival of Natural Dyes

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Aranya Crafts Limited

Aranya - Celebrating the Revival of Natural Dyes

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Aranya Crafts Limited

Aranya - Celebrating the Revival of Natural Dyes. Founded by our friend, Ruby Ghuznavi, a pioneer in the use of natural dyes for clothing.

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