Tibetan Apron

Recently I made a shoulder bag for my friend who wanted to use her favourite piece of fabric as a feature panel. This colouful piece of fabric comes from a Tibetan apron. It is a strong fabric and those stripy colours are really gorgeous. The apron had three strips sewn together and I was thinking about the Tibetan woman who might have weaved this piece as I un-stitched them. I wondered what kind of apron she was wearing.

I found out later that traditionally, these aprons are worn by married women. It is really interesting to see how each culture has its unique way to distinguish woman's married status!