Rekha Purnima

Textile & fashion designer
Carpets, sarees, womenswear

MSc Fashion Design, 2023
JD Institute, Hyderabad

Open to roles & freelance
rekha@example.com

Carpets
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Sarees
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Womenswear
Womenswear
Draping
Draping

Carpets

Rugs and carpets, from the first motif sketch to the woven piece: medallions, borders, colourways and production-ready CADs.

Medallion, close-up

Medallion, close-up

Corner motif

Corner motif

Full rug, top-down
Project nameSize, knots per inch
Border repeat

Border repeat

Colourway A
Colourway B
Colourway C
One design, three colourways
  1. Sketch

    01Sketch

  2. CAD on grid

    02CAD on grid

  3. Yarn & colour

    03Yarn & colour

  4. Woven piece

    04Woven piece

Selected work

I design for cloth: carpet motifs, saree borders, and the garments they become. My training covers draping, construction, hand embroidery, resist dyeing and weaving, so a print on paper always comes with an idea of how it will sit on fabric.

Teal cap-sleeve gown
Teal cap-sleeve gownPattern, construction, finishing

Textile lab

Mandala shibori sample
Bandhani sample

Shibori and bandhani, each folded, bound and dyed by hand. Mandala, bull's eye, triangle, box and spiral folds, plus an ombre dip.

Basket, satin, plain, S-twill, Z-twill and herringbone weaves in satin ribbon. Kasuti and Phulkari worked by hand from traditional motifs.

Herringbone weave sample
Batik
Batik
Shibori with bandhani
Shibori with bandhani
Kasuti embroidery
Kasuti embroidery
Phulkari embroidery
Phulkari embroidery