A Very Special Custom Touch

At first glance, this tallit looks like a very traditional blue and white design, but closer inspection reveals a unique feature: The Bar Mitzvah boy wanted to acknowledge his dual heritage and have his name embroidered on the corners in Hebrew and Chinese.

Dark royal blue and light royal blue on natural silk noil.

Horses!

The Bat Mitzvah is really into horses, and the mother requests a tallit with horses on it. What to do?

I suggested that they look online for a fabric that has the style and color of horses she likes, because I couldn't possibly guess. I was right -- I couldn't have guessed this. Once the fabric arrived, I saw immediately that I needed to make a very wide hem with the print fabric, because the horse heads needed to fit in in a way that wouldn't make them look cramped. Among my own fabrics, I found a royal blue dupioni silk to connect the print with the white background, and I also used it as the center section of the atarah. This tallit with its riotous colors is highly unusual and a lot of fun.