Monday, November 18, 2024

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

 Hi all

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. 


Friday, November 15, 2024

Kutch work design with a flower

 Hi all

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.  

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

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

 Hi all

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. 

Monday, November 11, 2024

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.  


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.  


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.

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Kutch work neck design for beginners

 Hi all 

Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with you a simple kutch work neck design.




Video tutorial below

Pattern for the design 
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Print these designs in landscape mode in A4 paper and transfer it to the fabric. The design will be available for free till November 5th.  

See you soon with another design.  Till then have a nice day and for those who are celebrating Diwali, Happy and safe Diwali. 





Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Easy hand embroidery border design for sarees and kurtis

 Hi all

Today I am happy to share with you a simple but elegant border design that can be used in sarees or kurtis.  It can also be used as a band for cushion covers, pillow covers etc.  Very very easy to do and it used the basic stitches in hand embroidery.  

I didn't have the pattern.  I simply work on 0.25cm, 0.75 cm width lines.  I use all the 6 strands of thread throughout. 


Hope you all like this pattern.  see you soon with another design.  

Friday, October 18, 2024

Rolled Woven Picot Rose - Video tutorial

 Hi all

Hope all are having a great time.  Today I am happy to share with you a video tutorial for making rolled woven picot rose.  


Video tutorial below

Hope you find this tutorial useful.   See you soon with another design.  Till then have a nice time with your needle n thread. 

Monday, October 14, 2024

Embroidery flower design featuring loop stitch

 Hi all

Hope are doing great.  Today I am happy to share with you another simple design that features loop stitch.  You can find the video tutorial for loop stitch here.


Video tutorial

Pattern for the design 
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Stitches used
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Flower - Loop stitch - 3 strands
outline of flower - stem stitch - 3 strands
Centre of flower - French knots - 6 strands - 1 wrap
Big leaves - Bullion knot - 6 strands - 9-12 wraps
Small leaves - Fishbone stitch - 6 strands
Leaves with stem - Back stitch - Lazy daisy with a fly stitch base - 6 strands

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


Thursday, October 10, 2024

Loop Stitch tutorial, How to do a loop stitch - Video

 Hi all

Hope all are doing well and good.  In my embroidery stitch tutorial series, today I have come up with the tutorial for Loop stitch.  This stitch is also known as centipede stitch.  This stitch is a braid stitch category.  It forms a spine along the centre.  Best stitch to embroider a centipede.


Video Tutorial below

In my next post I will come up with a design for this stitch.  See you soon. 

Saturday, October 5, 2024

Simple satin stitch flower embroidery design for beginners

 Hi all

Hope all are doing well and good.  Today’s embroidery design is a simple flower design that features satin stitch.  

 

Video Tutorial 

Pattern for the design 
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I have used satin stitches for the flower and fly stitch for the leaves.  I used all 6 strands of thread throughout the design.  

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

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Hand Embroidery Neck design for beginners

 Hi all

Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with you an easy embroidery neck design.  


Video Tutorial 👇👇

Pattern for the design
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Embroidery is done using 6 strands of thread throughout the design.  

Stitches used
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Flowers -  Buttonhole wheel cup stitch(worked in flower shape)
Leaves - Herringbone stitch
Neckline -  Reverse chain stitch (whipped only one side) 

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

Monday, September 23, 2024

Fancy flower Embroidery design

 Hi all

Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with you an easy but a bit fancy flower design.  Hope you all will like it. 



Pattern for the design
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Do try this design in your embroidery projects.  See you with another design.  Till then, have a nice time with your needle n thread. 


Thursday, September 19, 2024

Leaf Embroidery - Day 12 - Cretan stitch leaf

 Hi all

In the leaf  embroidery series, the next stitch that is suitable for leaves is Cretan stitch.  It is an easy one.  It is a nice filling stitch for the leaves.


Video tutorial 

Make use of this stitch in your next embroidery project.  See you soon.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Leaf Embroidery - Day 11 - Raised Fishbone Stitch Leaf

 Hi all

Hope all are doing well and good.  In my leaf embroidery series the next stitch to embroider leaf is raised fishbone stitch.  It is a nice filling stitch for the leaves.  


Video Tutorial 

Hope this tutorial is useful.  Do try this for your embroidery projects.  

Kutch work round design for beginners

 Hi all

Today I am here to share with you a simple design in kutch work.  This design is suitable for beginners.  This design can be used as an overall motif for sarees, kurtis, bedspreads etc.  Also it can be used as a centre motif for coasters.  


Video tutorial 


Pattern for the design
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The leaf part is embroidered using single feather stitch, the Scrolls using chain stitch.  3 strands of thread is used throughout.  

Hope you all like this design.  See you with another design or tutorial in my next post.  Till then have a happy time with your needle and thread.  

Friday, September 6, 2024

Raised Lazy daisy flower tutorial

 Hi all

Hope all are doing well and good.  One of the easiest stitch to embroider a flower is lazy daisy stitch.  It is a flat stitch.  Today We are going to see the tutorial for raising the lazy daisy flower.  Very easy to do.  


Video Tutorial below


To get a more raised look, you can use yarn instead of embroidery thread for the base i.e) stem stitch rounds.  In place of stem stitch you can also use split stitches.  This flower looks more elegant when worked as buttas all over the saree pallu.  Do give a try.  

See you with another design.  Till then have a happy time with your needle and thread.  

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Kasuti embroidery border design

 Hi all

Today I am happy to share with you a simple and easy kasuti embroidery border design.  I have used 3 strands of thread to work this design.  


Video Tutorial below 

Pattern 
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I have drawn this pattern in a 10 lines per inch graph paper and then transferred the pattern thru carbon paper on fabric.


This design can be extended to form a neck pattern also.  The big motifs can also be used as an all over motifs for dresses.  

Hope you all like this design.  See you in the next design.  Till then have a happy time with your needle and thread.

Monday, September 2, 2024

Straight stitch flower design

Hi all

Hope all are doing well I and good.  Today’s design is an easy flower embroidery that uses the simple straight stitch, lazy daisy, fly stitch and French knots.  Easy to work within minutes. 


Video tutorial below 

Pattern for the design 
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Stitches used
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Flower - straight stitch - 6 strands 
Open lazy daisy - 6 strands 
Centre of the flower - French knots - 12 strands, 1 wrap 
Big leaf - Fly Stitch - 6 strands 
Small leaf with stem - stem stitch, 5 straight stitches 

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


Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Satin stitch flower embroidery design

 Hi all

Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with you an easy embroidery design with easy satin stitch flowers.  


Video Tutorial below

Pattern for the design
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Stitches Used
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Flowers - Satin stitch - 6 strands
Leaves - Eskimo Laced edging stitch - 3 strands
stems - stem stitch - 3 strands
Leaves - straight stitches - 3 strands
French knots - 6 strands, 1 wrap
Fern stitches with French knots for spray type leaves

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


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