KARACHI: Intricate embroidery in gold and silver on fabrics like wool and silk seemed quite familiar to the audience listening to a lecture on 'Meeting point of the Ottoman Palace and Pop Culture'.

Background information. Introduction -- The embroiderers -- Foreign influences and sources -- Materials and equipment -- Hand and machine embroidery techniques -- Designs and colours -- Embroideries ...

Learning how to embroider is easy, and best of all, it’s possible to make a huge variety of artwork with even the simplest stitches. In fact, creating a design to embroider can be more difficult than ...