Indian Edging Stitch - Hand Embroidery Stitch Video

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with you the video tutorial for Indian edging stitch.  

Video Tutorial

 

I will soon update this post with the picture tutorial.

Hope you find this tutorial useful.  Will be back soon with a simple border design.  Till then, have a nice day & have a happy time with needle and thread.

Kamal Kadai stitch design

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with you a simple embroidery flower design that uses kamal kadai stitch.  Very very simple and useful for beginners to give a try.

Video Tutorial

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Hope all of you like this design.  Will be back with another interesting tutorial.  Till then, have a nice day and happy emroidery.

Tiny lazy daisy flowers design

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Hope all are doing well and good.  In this post I am very happy to share with you a simple embroidery flower bouquet design.  This design uses teeny tiny lazy daisy flowers.  

Pattern for the design 

Video tutorial 

Rosette Stitch flower embroidery design

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with you a beautiful embroidery flower design.  This design shows how to turn a stitch into a flower when worked in round.  Video tutorial given below.  Have a look at the flower design.

Pattern for the design 

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Stitches used

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Flowers - Rosette stitch - 6 strands 

Centre of flowers - French knots - 12 strands, 1 wrap

Leaves - Satin stitch - 12 strands 

Vein of leaf - Back stitch - 6 strands 

Buds - Granitos stitch - 6 strands 

Base of buds - Fly stitch with straight stitches - 12 strands 

Video tutorial 

Simple Neck design using herringbone stitch

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Hope all are doing well and good.  I am happy to share with you a simple neck design that uses herringbone stitch.  Already I have made a kurti neck design using the same design.  You can view it here. Now I have made a video tutorial for the same. Do have a look. 

Video tutorial 

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Hope all of you like this design.  Meet you tomorrow with a simple Kasuti design. Till then have a nice day.

4 ways to embroider a star

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Hope all are doing well and good.  It is the best time to embroider a star and I am happy to show 4 simple stitches to embroider a star.  This star is six point star and you can use the stitches for 5 point star as well.  

 The top red star is called tucker star.  It is made of straight stitches.  The bottom red one with variegated red colour is made using fishbone stitch.  The green on the right is made of star stitch.  I will be posting the steps to do star stitch soon.  The left one with variegated green is made using fly stitch.  

Video tutorial 

Pattern for the design 

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I have used all 6 strands for throughout.  You can also use shimmering threads in red and green to get a glitter effect.  

Hope all of you like this design.  Do give a try and let me know the feedback’s in the comments section.  

Thank you and have a nice day. 

4 Easy and quick handkerchief embroidery design for beginners

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am to share with you 4 simple embroidery motifs beginners can give a try in handkerchiefs.  Hope all of you will like it.  

Video tutorial 

Pattern for the design designs 

Hope all of you like these designs. They can be used as all over design for dresses.  Do give a try.  See you soon with another design.  Till then, bye.

Beautiful flower using buttonhole stitch

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I have come up with a beautiful and elegant looking flower using two colours in buttonhole stitch.  Trying to embroider flowers with different stitches always gives a sense of satisfaction.  I have embroidered this flower within 15 minutes.  Let’s have a look.

Some pictures in progress.

Video tutorial 

Hope all of you like this flower design.  Will be back with another design soon.  Till then, have a nice day.  

Kutch embroidery design with an open centre

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with you a Kutch work embroidery design.  Already I have posted the basic tutorials for doing Kutch work and video tutorials are available in my YouTube channel.  

This design is a little bit different.  The framing and interlacing are done in layers.  And also this design form an open centre in the design on all four corners.  

Video tutorial 

Pattern for the design 

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How to do Four Legged Knot Stitch| Hand embroidery stitch tutorial

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Hope all are doing well and good.  After a long time I have come up with a picture tutorial for doing four legged knot stitch.  

This  stitch can be used as a single stand alone stitch or can be worked scattered over an area as a filling stitch.

VIDEO TUTORIAL 

 Let’s see the steps one by one. 

1)  Start with a straight stitch from A - B

2) Bring the needle up at C.

3)  place the working thread over the straight stitch from C.

4) Pass the needle under the straight stitch from above the crossing thread.

5)  Twist the thread under the needle as shown.

6)  Pull through the thread.  A knot will be formed over the straight stitch.

7)  Anchor the thread by inserting the thread at a point left of the knot and straight line to C.

A four legged knot is formed.

Simple running stitch border

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with you a simple border design for dresses.  Very easy to make and can be done very quickly.  

Video tutorial 

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This design uses stepped running stitch and diamond eyelet stitch.  I have used  6 strands throughout the design.  If possible I will update this post with pictures soon.  

Hope everyone will give a try.  See you soon with another design.  Till then, have a nice day.

A quick and easy flower design for beginners

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with you a simple but a bold flower design for beginners.  Hope all of you will like it.

Pattern for the design 

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Stitches used

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Petals - Fly Stitch - 6 strands 

Spokes - whipped wheel stitch - 6 strands 

Centre part - French knots - 12 strands, 1 wrap

Video tutorial 

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Hope all of you like this design.  Will be back soon with a stitch tutorial.  Till then, happy embroidering and have a nice day.

Simple flower embroidery designs for hand kerchiefs for beginners

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Happy Diwali for all those who celebrate it.  

Today I have come up with 4 simple and easy flower embroidery designs for hand kerchiefs.  Sometime back I have purchased plain hankies from Amazon.  They are plain white cotton hankies with overlocking stitch in the edges in different colours.  So I have embroidered some simple flower motifs.  Do have a look. 

First pink hankie is done with lazy Daisy flower tipped with different colour.  Stem is done with stem stitch and leaves using lazy daisy stitch with straight stitches inside.

Second lavender colour hankie is done with woven circle stitch.  Stem using back stitch and leaves using straight stitches.

Third coral colour hankie is embroidered using herringbone stitch and the stem using stem stitch.

Fourth green colour hankie is embroidered using woven rose stitch, with back stitch stem and granitos stitch leaves.

Pattern for the design 

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Video tutorial 

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Hope you like these designs.  I am working on the next set of hankie designs.  Will be back soon.  Till then, happy embroidering and have a nice day.

Floral hand embroidery design with motivational quote

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I am happy to share with you my new embroidery hoop design with a motivational quote.  

Video tutorial

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Pattern for the design 

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Stitches Used

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Flower - Woven rose stitch (6 strands)

Leaves - Fishbone and variations(6 strands)

Stem - back stitch(3 strands)

French knots - 6 strands( 1 wrap for the tip of stems, 2 wraps for centre of flower)

Letters - Back stitch (3 strands)

You can print it in the size you want.  Here I have print it in 3" x 5".    Feel free to use this design for your personal use.  

See you soon with another design.  Till then, have a nice time with your needle and thread.  Have a festive weekend.  

How to cross stitch in dresses?

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with you a simple way I use to cross stitch in fabrics other than Matty/Aida. I have used a simple design here.  I have embroidered this design in a poplin cotton fabric.  I have used a net fabric to cross stitch this.

I have made a video tutorial to explain this.  kindly have a look at the video. 

Hope you find this video useful.  I will be back with another embroidery post soon.  Till then have a nice time with needle and thread.  

Stem stitch flower design

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with you a simple embroidery design to practice stem stitch.  In this design you can practice shading with stem stitch and also I have given some pictures to show how to work a pointed leaf using stem stitch.  

The stem is worked in rows of stem stitch using three shades of green. In the lower two leaves two rows of stem stitch is done and inside the leaf is filled with fly stitch.  Flower is worked using stem stitch.  Centre of the flower is done using straight stitches and the outlined with back stitch with a French knot in the centre.  

The leaves in the top is worked with one row of stem stitch with fly stitch inside.

Throughout the design I have used 3 strands of thread.  For backstitch I have used six strands of thread. 

Pattern for the design 

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Below is the video tutorial to work this design 

Tips to work pointed leaf in stem stitch 

Hope all of you like this design.  Do give a try and drop your feedback's in the comments section.  

See you soon with another post.  Till then have a nice time.

Blanket stitch flower

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with you a simple flower design that uses blanket stitch as filling.  This design can be used as a centre design for cushion covers.  Even beginners can also try this. 

Pattern for the design 

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I have used blanket stitch to fill the petals.  Then outlined the petals with chain stitch.  The spokes in the centre is embroidered using blanket stitch.  And the centre of the flower is filled using French knots.

To embroider this flower I have used 6 strands of thread and for French knots 12 strands of thread with 1 wrap has been used.  

Here is the video tutorial to work this flower 

Hope all of you like this flower embroidery.  See you soon with another post.  Till then have a nice day and have a nice time with your needle and thread.

Neck Design using simple stitches

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with you a simple but beautiful neck design for beginners.  It can be done easily in 1 day.  

 

The neckline is done using Double knot stitch.  Then the green decorative part is done using anklet stitch.  And the stitches around the beads is french knots.  You can follow the video tutorial to see how it is embroidered.  

Pattern for the design

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I have used all 6 strands throughout this design.  You can print this in an A4 size paper and use it for your personal use.  

Hope all of you like this pattern. Will see you soon with another post.  Till then, have a nice day.

Simple and easy neckline embroidery for Kurtis and blouses

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 Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with you a simple and easy neckline that can be used for blouses and Kurtis.  

This neckline uses parallel running stitch and twisted fly stitch.  It can be embroidered very quickly.  

VideoTutorial

I have used 3 strands of thread for parallel running stitch and 6 strands of thread for twisted fly stitch.  Also I have glued half Pearl beads at the end of twisted fly stitch.  Instead you can make French knots with 12 strands & 1 wrap.  This also looks good in monochromatic colour.  

Below is the complete neck pattern for the blouse with  5 and a half inch depth in the back. You can print it in a A4 paper and can use it for your personal use.  

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

Satin stitch flowers

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with you an embroidery design that uses satin stitch for flowers and leaves.  This design can be used as an all over design for Kurtis and sarees.  

Video 

Pattern for the design 

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Stitches used

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Flowers - satin stitch- 3 strands 

Centre of flowers - French knots - 6 strands- 2 wraps 

Stem - splitted back stitch- 3 strands 

Leaves - satin stitch - 3 strands 

Hope all of you like this design. See you soon with another design/stitch.  Till then, happy embroidering and have a nice day.