Embroidery Finish after a long time - Kutch work kurti

 Hi all 

Hope all are staying safe and doing good.  Two months back I have started to embroider a kurti using kutch work.  You can view it here. I should have finished it within that week itself.  But other projects took its turn and this kurti was almost hidden in the WIP basket.  Two days back when I was going through the WIP's I took this kurti and decided to finish it before proceeding with the other projects.  I have completed only one sleeve portion in May.  Day before yesterday started with the the neck portion and today I have completed the neck and the other sleeve.  

Have a look at the neck design.  The material is chiffon cotton..  Anchor embroidery threads of three strands have been used all over the design.  The blue colour circles are eyelet stitch.

Sleeve portion

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Closeup of the neck design

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I am a person who does not stick to one project.  But day before yesterday I have decided to work only on this project alone and I am happy I have finished it. 

Do you want to learn kutch embroidery?  I have some basic tutorials for you here.  From that page start with the link for single diamond.  Once you get the hang of the stitch you will be addicted to do kutch work.  I am preparing some kutch work kurti kits for those who are interested in doing kutch work.  Please do have a look at the other kutch work kurtis here.   If any one of you interested in getting a kit on any particular design from that page do leave a comment or write to me at shamiimmanuel at gmail dot com.  I will prepare it for you or if any of you want to work any of the designs for you do mail me. I will do it for a reasonable rate. 

Hope all of you like this kurti.  Tomorrow I will come up with some crochet small flowers.  Till then have a nice day.

Kutchwork Kurti update - Sleeves completed

 Hi all 

Hope all are doing well.  Last year I got 4 kurti kits from shreepathi design studio.  They have the fabric with the design trace - design in neck and sleeves.  Threads, needles and an outline of the design with the thread colors.  I have completed two of them - 2 kasuti kits.  Started the third one which is kutch work.  And completed the sleeves. 

They haven't instructed the stitch for the round blue colour round portions.  First I thought of stitching mirrors in it.  But I don't have mirror the fits the size of those circle.  They are small than the mirrors I have.  So I have stitched the Eyelet stitch to fill in those circles and it was perfect. 

Tutorial for Eyelet stitch.

For the small portion of the leaves and stems I have used back stitch.  All through the design 3 strands of anchor threads are used.  

Other kutch works done by me can be viewed in this link.

Today I have started to do the neck portion.  Hopefully within a week I will be able to completed it.  So the next update will be the finished neckline.  Drop in your feedbacks in the comments sections.  I will be happy to hear from you. 

Chikankari lessons continues

This is the last lesson of Chikankari classes by Anita of ww w.artisticfingers.blogspot.com.  Here comes the eyelet stitch.  It is easy to do but time consuming  and it looks cute like a small flower.

Now comes the wave stitch filling.  It took some time to understand the stitch concept. After getting the hang of the stitch it was very interesting.

The completed motif.

Thanks to Anita for conducting such a great class.  Looking forward for more tutorials from u Anita.