Hand Embroidery | Mirror Work Stitch | Shisha Work | Hand Embroidery Designs #20

Hand Embroidery | Mirror Work Stitch | Shisha Work | Hand Embroidery Designs #20 Mirror Work, also known as shisha (mirror) embroidery, is a traditional art of affixing mirrors onto a fabric. It is known as Shisheh (Persian) or Abhala Bharat embroidery. It involves the fixing of small mirrors or other reflecting metal in different shapes, on clothes or apparel. The basic purpose of mirror work was decoration on a plain fabric. Traditional belief of the evil eye being warded of