Since I’m an obsessive nerd, before making this tunic, I tried to learn if embroidery on roman tunics was actually a thing or not. I couldn’t find much on the subject, but I did find this, which talked about Romans calling embroidery ‘painting with the needle’.
For a while, I’ve wanted to try my hand at making some West African clothing, but I wasn’t really sure where to start. There just aren’t as many resources for it as there are for European things.
I’ve got a lot of compliments on this outfit, and a lot of people wonder what exactly is going on here. Well, here goes.
