😎MIRROR WORK IDEAS FOR GIRLS😎

Pakistani clothing 

expresses the culture of Pakistan, the demographics of Pakistan, and the cultures of the Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pashtun), and Kashmir regions of the country.

Mirror embroidery or Shisha as we find it today actually originated in the 17th century and was originally made using Mica. What was later replaced by glass. ... Yet surprisingly, the Mughal rulers did not wear clothing adorned with mirrors.

HISTORY

Traditionally, shisheh or abhla bharat work was done with Mica, but scarab, tin, silver, or coins were not uncommon depending on the region. This was replaced by thin, large bubble blown glass and broken into small pieces for this use. The tradition of making circular shisha was widely carried out by women in South Asia, who use special scissors that are repeatedly moistened to avoid flying fragments, and cut them into smaller circular shapes.

The use of the decorative mirror or shisah was introduced from Muslim lands during the Mughal Empire. [Citation required] However, shisheh embroidery was not used on Mughal clothing, but was found only on traditional clothing from the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia. The term shisheh means glass in Persian, from where the word was transferred to Urdu / Hindi and other related languages. Contemporary shisheh work consists almost entirely of machine-produced, mass-produced glass shisha with a silver backing. Today, most craft stores in South Asia have small mirrors that can be bought for embroidery, which come in different shapes and sizes.

This form of embroidery is now more common in the Indian subcontinent, especially in parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur, Baluchistan, Punjab region  and Sindh. This type of embroidery gives a bright look to the brightly colored clothing used in the region, and is very popular for use on clothing, rugs, tapestries, and home textiles.