It was originally a white saree with a navy blue border, but once when I washed it, within minutes the blue from the border spread and ran into the white and it was all messed up. I love the soft silk of this saree and I had not even worn it many times. So I checked with my mother and she had an idea…she usually has some neat ideas tucked away, and dishes me out every time:-)
We got it dyed black all over and then tried to see if it could be embroidered. While we were looking at some designs we saw some other material which was emboss printed and asked the guy if he could do it on my saree. He asked us to select a design and voila! within a week, I had a new saree with this lovely paisley design all over.