Irwin's capsule collection has expanded to include ikat, geometric, floral, animal and children's patterns.

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He also showed his hand with colors through a series of ikat print dress in blues, greens, irises and lavenders.

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New skills such as Ikat-making were also taught to the village weavers to increase their repertoire and equip them to explore different avenues and markets.

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The techniques involved, including warp ikat, double-face embroidery, and single-face jacquard weaving, are passed down from mothers to daughters from early childhood through verbal instruction and personal demonstration.

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She draped a bed in midnight blue velvet and put it in the living room (because a bed is more relaxing than a sofa, of course), tacked ikat fabrics over embroidered benches, and served couscous dinners wearing a djellaba.

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While other fabric and wallpaper purveyors, such as Eskayel, are creating the look of shibori patterns through hand-painting, workshops teaching the real thing are popping up from California to Maine giving anyone who's wearied of the ikat trend the opportunity to dye another way.

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At the start of the previous One UN initiative only 3 weavers existed however 12 additional weavers were trained along with the capacity building in new techniques such as Ikat, Market connectivity was also established however much more needed to be done to develop innovative products to enhance sales and demand.

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