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Palestinian traditional embroidery

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sofiya23 May 2016 · #154
The embroidering tradition in Palestine is very old and developed. A century ago, Palestinian women used to make all of their clothing at home. Most of the garments were decorated with embroidery. Girls started to learn the craft of embroidery since 7 years old. Nowadays, of course, people don’t have to make outfits themselves, but many women still keep the tradition of hand embroidering their clothing.
Palestine, like many countries of the world, uses the technique of embroidering called “cross-stitch”. The embroidery of this country is very similar to a Slavic one. Here is a sample of Palestinian traditional girl's dress with colorful floral embroidery.
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Violet08 June 2016 · #171
Nice embroidery. I wish I had the scheme(. Simple but pretty and colourful
sofiya19 December 2016 · #350
Palestinian traditional embroidery on the folk dress of Palestine. The embroidery pattern is splendid – very bright and rich.
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sofiya03 January 2017 · #356
Another extraordinary embroidery pattern on the traditional Palestinian female dress
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Violet13 March 2017 · #392
What patterns are typical for Palestinian embroidery? What do they mean? Is cross-stitch used or other techniques?
sofiya19 January 2018 · #493
Samples of Palestinian traditional embroidery
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sofiya05 December 2018 · #658
Women’s folk outfit from Palestine. You can see colorful Palestinian embroidery called “tatreez”

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