All Posts

Why Hmong Embroidery Matters When you run your fingers over the raised threads of a Hmong pillow cover or jacket from Karavan Trade Partners, you’re feeling more than fabric — you’re touching a language and a legacy. Hmong women developed paj ntaub (literally “flower cloth”) as a wearable form of resistance and record‑keeping . During periods of persecution in China and South‑East Asia, Hmong communities were forbidden to write their own language; instead they stitched pictog