GI Certified Products / Khatwa Applique

The applique and patchwork of Bihar is locally called Khatwa. Aplique is ornamental needle work in which pieces of fabric in different shapes and patterns are sewn or stuck onto a larger pieces to form a picture or pattern. It is commonly used as decoration, especially on garments. Applique is one of the major textile techniques which has found its way in almost every section of the fashion industry, from luxury designer products to regular craft expo goodies which sits in every Indian households, the wall hangings to the bed sheets. In the modern world of fashion where designs are created at one part of the world, manufactured in another and consumed in another, the knowledge and awareness of the design process needs to seep in all across the chain, for a sustainable future.

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