100% Cotton Tallit, Tallit Bag and Kippah designed around a very pretty fabric with Pomegranates and Birds in a woodland setting. Measuring Approximately 12" x 60", this Tallit was worn by a Bat Mitzvah in Richmond Hill, Ontario Canada.
An interesting Fabric is often a great place to start when planning an original piece of TEXTILE ART
RIGHT: This shawl-shaped Tallit is 100% cotton.
The technique is calledwatercolour quilting. There are over 1500 two inch squares of floral cottons arranged and sewn together according tocolour values to make a design. This Tallit looks wonderful when the wearer is facing the Ark. There is a Kippah and Tallit bag, also pieced with the floral squares to give a French Impressionist painted effect. It has been said that the Watercolour quilting tecnique is "painting with fabric"(no paints are used....it is the arranging and rearranging of the fabrics until the desired effect is obtained. Rarely are there more than three to six of any of the same fabric in a project of this size) This tallit is loved in Sioux Falls S. D.
JUDAICA by MARILYN
the TALLIT Maaven
Four Tallitot created for four special people in Melbourne, Florida.
From LEFT to RIGHT
BOB: Bob is the father of the Bat Mitzvah, Margaret. Bob wanted a tallit with one side matching Margaret's tallit, and the other side matching Joseph's for his Bar Mitzvah. This was done and we are waiting for the picture. The body of Bob's tallit is dupioni silk. The waves on the right side of his tallit match the waves on Margaret's tallit.
MARGARET: (1999) Margaret's Hebrew names mean Pearl and Star. She lives near the water and the ocean is very important to her. There is a dupioni silk pearl in the water and a yellow dupioni star. The waves are silk taffeta, silk organza, and silk noile.
JONATHAN: (2000) Jonathan and his family saw Margaret's tallit and wanted a custom tallit for him. Jonathan loves denim and this tallit is made of denim.
MARVIN: (1996) Marvin and his wife were presented with matching watercolour quilted tallitot with coordinating kippot for their 50th wedding anniversary. The watercolour quilting is emphasized by gold lame which borders the tallit.
Photography by Robert Goldberg
All designs shown are the property of the artist and may NOT be reproduced without permission
" HANDMADE means that it comes from the HEART "
The atarah ABOVE has the Hebrew name of the wearer hand-embroidered in gold on a complimentary dupioni silk background. Summer 2002 (5762)
ABOVE Silver, and two shades of gold stripes accentuate this black dupioni silk tallit (21" x 88" approximately). Custom made for a Bar Mitzvah in Palm Bay Florida. Atarah is embellished with the Hebrew name of the Bar Mitzvah and stripes matching the vertical stripes of this beautiful tallit.
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RIGHT: Elegant Dupioni Silk tallit created for a Bar Mitzvah in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania in Spring, 5765 (2005). The Bar Mitzvah Boy requested bright colours and Marilyn's suggestion to build the Red, Yellow and Blue vertical stripes onto a Black Body, appealed to Noah. There is a Tallit Bag and Kippah to coordinate and compliment this very special tallit. The Bar MItzvah Boy's name is written in Hebrew on the atarah. See the Kippah created especially for this tallit by clicking here.And the Tallit bag can be viewed by clicking here.
RIGHT: Tallit with vertical stripes of green, blue and yellow. The body of this tallit is black dupioni silk. The atarah is bordered by miniature versions of the border stripes. This tallit is 100% silk dupioni and has a gorgeous shimmer when the wearer moves. This tallit was created for a Bar Mitzvah in Shaker Heights, Ohio in Autumn 2005 (5766). The tzitziyot have the blue tekhelet thread.
LEFT: Tallit created in 1993 as a chuppah/tallit. The groom wore it for 13 years. There was a plain atarah orignially at the neck. The bride arranged for the TALLITmaaven to create a matching atarah from dupioni silk and embroidered and embellished with the Hebrew phrase "ONEE LEDODEE, VEDODEE LEE" (I am my Beloved's and my Beloved is mine")
LEFT: Watercolour quilted shawl-shaped tallit front - Summer, 2007/5767. Created fpr a Bat Mitzvah girl in the San Francisco Bay area who loves the memories of her Big Bubbies. The top of the watercolour quilting is from one of her Bubbie's cotton dresses as are several of the squares in the watercolour quilting. The lace on the atarah is also from the dress that one of her Bubbies wore to her Mother's wedding. The bias tape finishing around the edges of the tallit are bias cut cotton from various dresses belonging to one of the "Big Bubbies. The tallit bag was created from the gown one Big Bubby wore to her Mother's Bat Mitzvah. The fruit pinot (reinforcement corners) and the green grosgrain ribbon (the hanger at the back of the neck) were cut from the dress her grandmother wore to her Mother's Bat Mitzvah ceremony. The two kippot were created from the great grandmother's dresses, as well.
RIGHT; The rear of the above watercolour quilted tallit. The Bat Mitzvah's fond memories of one of the Bubbies includes Shabbat candlelighting with five brass candlesticks,(three large and two small). The artist's rendition of the candlesticks are shown on the lower part of the tallit back. Bubbie loved flowers and flowers are etched upon her stone. An interpretation of the flowers are appliqueed to the upper part of the rear shawl of the tallit for this very special young lady.
Click here to view the tallit bag and kippot/yarmulke to accompany the above tallit..
ABOVE: A natural silk tallit trimmed with silk dupioni in graduated shades of teal/turquoise and embellished with lace and beading.
ABOVE: embroidered Cala lily and Lily of the Valley representing the flowers both of the grandmothers carried at their weddings. The Bat Mitzvah girl wanted to honour her grandmothers at her Bat Mitzvah, the important life cycle event.
ABOVE: detail of the atarah with hand embroidery and beading. The wearer's name is embroidered in Hebrew within the design.
ABOVE: Tallit Bag coordinating with the Tallis on the left.
ABOVE: Beautifully custom crafted Dupioni silk TALLIT with scattered assumetrical daisies embroidered. Name of the owner is embroidered in a Hebrew Handwriting Font. Note that the dupioni silk is a two colour weave with green threads and pink threads. This tallit set was created for a Bat Mitzvah girl in Hamilton, Ontario Canada. 2008
ABOVE: Lace kippah with hand beading to coordinate with Tallit set above.
