Exotic fabrics can be integrated with paintings. Here is a picture I painted and integrated a piece of Hmong embroidery.
The names of the different Hmong groups are derived from their own unique style of dress. For example, White Hmong women wear unadorned pleated skirts of heavy white hemp while the blue Hmong costume consists of batik cloth panels made using bees wax and dyed with indigo. For a long time the Blue Hmong were the only people in Southeast Asia skilled in batik.
http://shimla.hubpages.com/hub/The-Hmong-Hill-Tribe-Culture-and-Creations
It is said that a needle, strands of brightly colored thread, a piece of cloth and the ingenious hands of a Hmong woman are all that is required for some of the finest needlework in the world to be produced. They skilfully adorn family member’s clothes incorporating a variety of designs and employing many different techniques. Hmong women still choose to weave their own homespun hemp and cotton.
It is said that often the finest embroidery by Hmong women is reserved for making baby carrying cloths for their new born. Festive occasions such as New Year also see Hmong women devoting their best needlework skills to ornamenting their family member’s clothes.
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