Kutch work border design for sarees, blouse and kurtis

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am very happy to share with you another simple border design in kutch work.  I have worked this design in one of my blouses in the sleeve portion.  Here I have showed the working video and complete pattern for the border.  You can extend this pattern if you are working on a kurti or saree.  This design with cream color on any color silk fabric goes with kerala sarees.  I will update this post with the video tutorial soon.  

Pattern for the design

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Hope you all like this design.  See you soon with another design.  Till then, have a nice day and have a happy time with your needle and thread.  

Easy Kutch Embroidery Neck Design with a flower for beginners

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am very happy to share with you a very easy kutch work neckline embroidery.  This design is suitable for beginners.  I have worked only a portion of the neck.  You can use the pattern and draw the whole neck pattern according to your need.  Very soon I will also be uploading the full neck pattern for a blouse and kurti with this design.

Pattern for the design

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You can print this design in an A4 paper in landscape mode.  

To embroidery this pattern I have used 3 strands of thread for kutch work and half flowers that has been worked in orange and white.  The centre of the flower has been worked with woven wheel stitch with 6 strands of thread with a half bead in the centre.  The small circles are done with back stitch with a half bead inside it.  The neckline is worked with interlaced running stitch with 3 strands of thread in two colors.  

Hope you all like this pattern.  See you soon with another interesting pattern.  Till then have a nice day and have a happy time with your needle and thread.  

2 ways to embroider snowflakes using simple stitches, Christmas Embroidery designs

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As christmas is nearing I am happy to share with you two easy snowflakes designs using simple stitches.  You can use it for your dresses or ornaments for christmas tree etc.  

Video tutorial below

Pattern for the design

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Stitches used

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Fly stitch 

Ray stitch

French Knots

Throughout the embroidery 6 strands of threads is used.  Added a half pearl bead as an embellishment.  These designs are perfect for a 3" hoop.

Hope you all like these designs.  See you soon with a kutch work kurti which I have completed recently.  Till then, have a nice day and have a happy time with your needle n thread.  

Hand embroidery flower design using burden stitch | simple flower design to practice burden stitch

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with you the practice design for burden stitch.  This flower design can be used as an all over motif for your dresses.  It makes a cute centre design too. 

Video tutorial below

Pattern for the design

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I use all six strands throughout this design.  

Stitches used

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Flower - Burden stitch

Centre round - French knots with a bead in the centre

Leaves - Pistil / Fishbone stitch

Curls - Back stitch

Outline of flower - Back stitch

Hope all of you like this design.  See you soon with a christmas design.  Till then have a nice day and have a happy time with your needle and thread. 

Kutch work design with a flower

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with an easy kutch work motif that can be used for sarees and kurtis.  It makes a simple and neat centre design for cushion covers also.  

Video Tutorial below

Pattern for the design

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I used 3 strands of thread throughout the design.  Hope you all like this design.  See you soon with another design.  Till then have a nice day with your needle and thread.  

Learn Burden Stitch - Video Tutorial, How to do burden stitch in hand embroidery

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with you the video tutorial for burden stitch.  You can see the picture tutorial here.

Video Tutorial Below

Hope you all have found this video useful.  See you with a design using this stitch.  Till then have a nice time with your needle and thread. 

Burden Stitch - Embroidery stitch picture tutorial, How to do burden stitch in hand embroidery

 Burden Stitch comes under the family of couching in hand embroidery.  It is a filling stitch.  It takes brick like structure after completion.  It adds wonderful texture to the fabric.  

Click here for the video tutorial

1)  I am working on a 2.5" square area to explain this stitch. Divided the square parallelly in every 0.20" to get uniformity.

2)  Make parallel straight stitches - they are known as laid stitches,  working from left-right and right-left alternately. 

To get neat stitches, I have started from the centre. You can start from left or right also.  Bring the needle up through the fabric in the base line.  

3)  Bring the needle back down below the horizontal stitch two rows above.  Pull through the thread to the back.

4)  You will get a straight stitch that couches the laid stitch.

5)  Now bring the needle up above the horizontal laid stitch in the second row, adjacent to the first stitch.

6)  Bring the needle back down below the horizontal stitch two rows above as shown.  Pull through the thread to the back.  You will get another straight stitch adjacent to the first stitch

7)Repeat steps 2-6 to the right side. 

8)Below is a picture with burden stitches to the right side.  Bow repeat the same on the left side.

9)First set of burden stitches complete. 

10) Here you can see second row is completed fully.  First and third rows are partially filled.

For the second set of stitches, start from the third row above the laid stitch and continue steps 2-6.  From here you can make adjacent stitches working three rows at a time or you can work to fill the gaps working two rows at a time.  

11)The picture below shows working adjacent burden stitches involving 3 rows.

12)The picture below shows the working involving two rows (alternate stitches are done).  I prefer this way.

13)Continue working to fill the fabric area.  You can change colors also.  I have used 3 colors in this work.  

14)When you reach the end you can see the top and base part are partially filled.  you can make straight stitches above the first laid stitch alternatively which completes the burden stitch in the top.  

15)Similarly fill the base part working straight stitch below the last laid stitch alternatively which fills the marked area completely.  And the beautiful burden stitch is ready.  

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You can work burden stitch to fill any shapes.   Do include this stitch in your embroidery projects and have fun.  

See you soon with the video of this stitch.  Till then, have a nice time with your needle and thread.