Description
Patchwork or pieced work is a form of needlework that involves sewing together pieces of fabric into a larger design. Patch Work is one of the oldest crafts of gujarat. By using different patches of fabric, beautiful forms of floral and animals designs are prepared for quilts, hangings, modern household products and apparels. so by piecing cloth together as in quits, different patterns are made by applying cloth of different colors.The larger design is usually based on repeat patterns built up with different fabric shapes. Multicolored covering of jigsaw pieces formed of geometrical shapes creating tensile texture and visual treat, is the impression one gets while seeing an applique or patchwork colourful and vivid shapes and forms of fabric patched together or on another surface create the most attractive and vibrant textile products.This craft is done in saurashtra, Surendranagar, banaskantha, Patan and Kutch.