Magnaye, Edlyn Joyce M.
BSBA FM3B
Batangas Embroidery
Materials ● Pina
● Traditional fabrics
● Jusi
● best mature leaves of the red
Spanish variety of pineapple
Techniques ● They make sure that the pineapple
and abaca fibers are well dried.
● The delicate fabrics created are
stretched on a bastidor before
embroidering flowery or geometric
designs.
● Most experts do not even use a
didal (thimble) while working
dexterously with amazing speed on
a project.
● The technique of inserting colored
thread by hand and needle to create
flower and leaf designs.
● The cloth thread is pulled from the
cloth in an intricate pattern that goes
with simple or ornate hand
embroidery designs.
Designs ● Callado
● Sinuksok
● Geometric designs, using straight
lines mixed with geometric shapes
● Barong tagalog
● Pillow case
● Handkerchief
● Abaca bags
Embroidery of Asilo de Molo
● Bastidor ( is a long rectagular piece of
wood with a stand and knots on its end
that holds the cloth)
● Sinamay
● Jusi
● The eight sewing machines along
with the six female workers, mostly
from the nearby area, make the
embroidery possible while the three
bastidor, as they call it, lie adjacent to
each other.
● A bastidor, is a long rectagular piece
of wood with a stand and knots on its
end that holds the cloth, either jusi or
pina, while the sewers carefully
embed the strands of silk thread into
it.
● The sinamay ( pina) cloths were
bought from Kalibo, Aklan while the
jusi and most of the materials were
from the Chinese stores in Iloilo City.
● It will be then embroidered according
to the clients' chosen pattern and
color.
● Symbolic designs
● Vests for priests
● Wall decors
● Table cloths
● Pillow cases
● Table napkins
● Greetingcards
● Infants' dresses
● Shoes & Hats
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