The tunic is hand woven ikat cotton.
The embroidered yoke is borrowed from another tunic.I had a black mangalagiri with woven thread border. The border was attached to the yoke when it was sewn. Then the mirrorwork and embroidery was worked.. This is the flashback.
When I bought this red tunic ,the idea kept flashing –the yoke would look good on this. .So the old yoke was attached to the tunic top.
The threads were anchor cotton skeins.
This color combination is always a winner.
The tunics I have been posting were done were done few years ago. I never took pictures then. So the pictures which are taken now are all fully completed works.
These days, I take pictures at stages while I work on a tunic,.This is very useful to learn the progressive effects from a design pattern to the completed tunic.
Some more old tunics are still waiting.