French knot flowers embroidery pattern

 Hi all

Hope all are doing well and good. Today I am happy to share with you a simple embroidery design to practice French knots. 

Click here to see the video 

Pattern for this design

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Stitches used

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Petals - French knots (12 strands, 1 wrap)

Centre of flower - French knots (12 strands, 1 wrap)

Stem - stem stitch (6 strands)

Leaf - Satin stitch (6 strands)

Hope all of you like this design.  Do give a try and drop in your feedbacks in the comments section.  Happy embroidering and have a nice day.

Long Tailed Daisy Flower - Video Tutorial

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Hope all are doing well and staying safe.  Today I am happy to share with you the video tutorial for a simple embroidery flower that has been done using long tailed daisy stitch.  Already I have posted a design to work this flower.  

Pattern for the design

Picture Tutorial

I have recorded the video for the same design and you can view it below.

This design can be used an all over embroidery design for kurtis and sarees.  Also it can be altered to form borders and necklines.  It is a simple and easy design even a beginner can also give a try.  So do give a try.  Drop in your feedbacks in the comments section.  

I will be back with another embroidery stitch tutorial in my next post.  Till then have a nice day and  have a great week. 

Embroidery Design - Wheatear Stitch

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Yesterday I have shared the tutorial for doing the wheatear stitch.   Today I have posted a simple design to practice the same.  

Pattern for the design

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I have used two shades of green for the stalks. Start with a straight stitch for the tip.  Then proceed with the wheatear stitches till the 'v' shapes are drawn and the remaining part of the stalks are stitched with back stitch.  I have used 4 strands of threads to do the wheatear and back stitch.

After completing the wheatear stitch I have added french knots in red and yellow at the tip of the wheat ears.  I have used 6 strands of thread with 1 wrap.   This is just a simple design to practice wheatear stitch.  

Hope all of you like it.  Tomorrow I will be back with a finished crochet square.  Till then, have a nice day.  

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                               For the picture dictionary of the designs click here.                                         

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Embroidery Design - Double Cast on Stitch

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Hope all are doing great.  Two days back I have posted the tutorial for doing Double Cast on Stitch.  Today I am happy to share with you a design to practice that stitch.  

For this design I have used pearl cotton threads.  This is the first time I am using pearl cotton thread for doing surface embroidery.  First let us see the stitched design.

Pattern for the design

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The leaves of this design are stitched using fishbone stitch.   First I have stitched the leaves and then moved on to stitch the flowers.  

While stitching the flowers I have first made the double cast on stitch along the lines and then stitched another inbetween  the lines.  Then stitched french knots with 1 wrap inside the centre of the flowers.  For the flowers and french knots I have used two strands of pearl cotton thread, for leaves one strand of thread is used.  

For other stitch tutorials and designs click here. Tomorrow I will be back with a crochet mandala I have crocheted for my online store.   Till then have a nice day.  

A big new start - Saree project

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Hope all are staying safe and doing good.  It's been a long time I have done embroidery on a saree.  Saree is our traditional dress and I used to wear saree for all special occasions and for church services on every Sunday.  When I started to do embroidery I have embroidered some sarees.  You can view my kamal Kadai saree and kutch work saree. 

Last year before lockdown when I went to shopping I have seen this material and I purchased five anfd a half metres for saree and a matching blouse to go with it.  Every time I used to embroider the border for the whole saree and it will take a long time to complete it.  So this time I have decided to embroidery some motifs with a corner design and a big design for the shoulder part.  

First have a look at the fabrics. 

The fabric is a mix of rawsilk and polyster cotton.  The color is mix of yellow and maroon.  I had a tough time selecting the threads and finally came up with maroon,  blue and green. 

Regarding the design I have selected a simple design using buttonhole stitch and lazy daisy stitch. I have worked one motif in the pallu border.  I have  used 3 strands of thread throughout the design. Have a look at the motif that is going to be used throughout the saree.

 

For the centre of the flowers I have decided to use half beads.  I didn't have white half beads of big size.  So for the photo I place blue half beads for the buttonhole stitch flowers and small white half beads for the lazy daisy flower.  If I find white big half beads I will replace the blue beads with it.  What is your opinion?  

I have one more saree in my WIP basket with kasuti embroidery.  1 metre of border is pending.  I am slowly doing that saree now and then and it is nearing the finish.  Will show it soon. 

Tomorrow I will come up with a book review.  So stay tuned.  Till then, have a happy time. 

Berry stitch embroidery design for beginners

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Hope all are staying safe and doing good.  I am here to share with you an easy pattern for practicing the berry stitch.  You can view another design using the same stitch here.  

 

Pattern for the above design

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Thread used - Anchor embroidery threads

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Big flowers - 925(Orange), 29(Pink)  - 3 strands 

Small flowers - 290 (Yellow) - 3 strands

Stems and leaves - 237 (Green) - 3 strands

Stitches Used 

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Big flowers - Berry Stitch

Small flowers - Lazy Daisy Stitch

Stem - Stem stitch

Leaves - Lazy Daisy Stitch

Hope all of you like this design.  Have a happy weekend.  

Easy embroidery pattern for beginners - Long tailed Daisy

Hi all 

Today I am happy to share with you another easy embroidery design for beginners.  In my last post I have posted the step by step tutorial for doing the long tailed daisy stitch.   Today's design is to practice that stitch.  This design can be used as all over motifs for sarees, cushions, kurtis etc.  

Pattern for the design

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Stitches used

Flower - Long tailed Daisy

Centre of flowers - French Knots

Stems - Stem stitch

Leaf - Herringbone stitch

Anchor Thread numbers

Flowers - 1203(3 strands)

French knots - 308(3 strands, 1 wrap)

Leaves and stem - 230(3 strands)

Hope all of you like this tutorial.  Tomorrow I will be back with the embroidery books I own.  Till then have a nice day.