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To me, by John is the Serling eye of Isaiah; someone who understands the nuances because he has a knowledge of the process of creation. By John, of this Rezaï is the originality of his design, which actually has been designed to evoke a memory of fields of Fergana.

The block maker has to be of a certain skill to be able to translate the fineness of the lines that the artist has created in this design, and also the depth and the play of color that is used to create this design. Printing on a cream background implies that there is no room for error, and only a master craftsman can do that.

The thread count of the muslin used, and the fact that it is washed and then pre-dyed in a soft clean tone instead of stark white, these are all the little ways that differentiate a quilt and tell you about the care and the time that has been taken to create this quilt into something special.

In this Rezaï, we use the traditional way of hand fluffing the cotton instead of pre-made cotton batting. Finally, the back of a quilt we believe has to be as special as the front. In the Indian tradition, even in jewelry, what is that which is private should be as beautiful as that that is on display.

Another differentiator is the size of the stitches that are used. Smaller, fine stitches create quilting patterns, and they require a lot of time and great skill. A connoisseur will always look for the quality of stitching and the pattern that it has created on the quilt.