Huda

Our thobe today is white, embroidered in tahriri with urouq of blue qasab.Tahriri is a couching technique where a thick cord is laid on the surface of the fabric and secured with fine stitches.It developed in Bethlehem and Beit Jala, and became the signature of their embroidery.Before 1948, well off families in Jerusalem commissioned Beit Jala artisans to adorn their garments with tahriri, and it then travelled to Jerusalem area thobes.Tahriri is worked in gold and silver qasab and in colored silk threads, and our thobe today comes in a shiny royal blue and red qasab.