Happy New Year!
We are three days into year 2021.
Ok, I am three days late but not too late to write this short but essential post.
In year 2021 and beyond I wish you and your loved ones health and well being, be that health physical or emotional. This should cover our bases.
Sustainable ikat pillows for Christmas: one gift for the family!
Sustainability is becoming a matter of paramount importance. 2020 has taught us a lot of lessons. Some of these lessons have been life changing effecting how we live our lives going forward. Home has become a centre of everything - personal life, work life, hangout place, often with friends on the end of a town (or the end of the world via Zoom). This is why being home has to feel good and that feeling is better be achieved using sustainable methods. This post is dedicated to sustainability and how our ikat pillow covers can make fabulous Christmas gifts.
Ikat blues: blue Ikat pillow covers
Blue is a color of 2020. Not because of Pantone institute of color, which announced “Classic Blue” as a color of 2020 almost a year ago. It just happened that this year, with everything happening in the world, we collectively crave peace, tranquility and stability which is what color of blue symbolizes.
“Suggestive of the sky at dusk, the reassuring qualities of the thought-provoking PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue highlight our desire for a dependable and stable foundation on which to build as we cross the threshold into a new era.”
Pantone Institute of Color
New era? Did you read that? Pantone institute was crystal ball reading about a new era with and post COVID-19?
Suzani embroidery: history and present days
I’m reading an amazing book “Silk and cotton: Textiles from the Central Asia that was“ by Susan Meller. My main interest in this book was ikat fabric patterns and antique Ikat ropes. However, the book covers so many areas of Central Asian textiles! There is a whole chapter in the book about Central Asian suzani embroidery.
UzbekAlive's main focus is on ikats but I still wanted to write a short blog post about suzanis to give you some history behind these beautiful embroidered textiles. History creates a background behind a specific product. This way when you buy a little something with a history you end up acquiring knowledge and a piece of cultural heritage.