Heavy kaamdani shirts in Lahore

[Simply_Seema]

Re: Heavy kaamdani shirts in Lahore

@khattichic

Kaamdani is a dying artform and it’s hard to find a true artisan/karigar who can do it right! I suppose that’s why it’s so expensive?

My nana’s sister, my dadi, Ammi’s elder cousin…they all used to so the most exquisite kaamdani…making saris for the women and karra dupattas for all the little girls in the family having their bismillahs…sigh, we took for granted when they were here…and now I’d kill to have them make me a kaamdani shirt!!!

I know how to do kaamdani not only the simple one but the heavier one also, I made some shirts in pakistan using the wooden structure called adda. I don’t have it here in US but I think I can use the wooden hoop used for embroidery. Oh man I was such a creative person back then, I made a shirt with sequence and beads on it, made a baby pink shirt filled with silver gota work on it, made a waist coat jacket filled with mirrors which weighed like 5 kg
I think I should start doing that again, it eases my mind a lot.