Tricolour Design

 Hi all

Hope all are doing well and good.  We celebrated our independence day on August 15th.  To celebrate it I have designed a small flower like design that uses the three colours of our flag.  I was not able to post on that day.  So posting it today.

This design uses the simple stitches so that beginners can also give a try.  I have included the lettering also so that one can practice to embroider letters.  Let's move on to the design.  

Video Tutorial here

Center of the design is done using straight stitches that represent chakra in the flag.  It has 24 spokes and I have included 24 straight stitches that emerges from the centre.  Then comes 3 round of fly stitches with green, white and orange/saffron colour.  Then the fly are again layered to get a thick and bold look.  The lettering is done using back stitches.  

• Straight stitches are done using 2 strands.
• Fly stitches are done using 6 strands.
• Lettering is done using 2 strands.  

Pattern for the design.

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Hope all of you like this design.  Do try it and drop in your feedbacks in the comment section.  In my next post I will come up with a kasuti embroidery border design.  Till then, happy embroidering and have a nice day.

Classic Leaves stitch - Needlepoint stitch 2, Colour sample 2

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Hope all are doing well and good.  Today I am happy to share with you another needlepoint stitch called "classic Leaves".  

I have done this in 14 ct Aida fabric.  I have selected three shades of green - 211, 267, 264 of anchor embroidery thread.  All the 6 strands of thread have been used.  Let me show the emnroidered piece now.

Here is a close up of the pattern

Hope all of you like this pattern.  I have made a video tutorial for working this pattern in my youtube channel.

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Kashmiri Ball Stitch Tutorial/How to do Kashmiri Ball stitch

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Hope all are doing well and good.  I have some stitch tutorials and designs ready in my hand.   I am not able to post it here as I am concentrating a bit more on my youtube channel.  So before it piles up let me post it here one by one.  

Today I am happy to share with you kashmiri ball stitch.  It is very simple and easy stitch.  This stith can be used as an all over design for your dresses.  

Let me show the steps involved in doing a kashmiri ball stitch.  This is a picture heavy post.  I am going to work 4 kashmiri ball stitches in the following design.  This stitch is worked using the spokes as the base.  The number of spokes depends upon the design we are going to embroidery. 

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Here I have used 1 horizontal and 1 vertical spokes in the shape of '+'.  Then two slanting spokes in the shape of  'X'.  Slanting slopes are little bit smaller than the horizontal and vertical spokes.  

Start with the straight stitches in the following order shown in the pictures below.

The base stitches are completed.

Since the stitches are straight and in order to keep them in place I have make two rounds of woven stitch around them.  That is going over one stitch and then under the next stitch.

Bring the needle up in the centre and do the woven steps as shown.

Bring the needle under the horizonal and vertical lines and over the slanting lines.  do this for two times.

After completing two rounds anchor the thread by going down at the point where it comes up. 

Now we are going to make the balls.   In any one straight stitch make a small straight stitch the one below. It should keep the straight line in place and the small stitch divides the straight line into upper and lower part.  

Bring the needle up through the fabric near the small stitch.  

Now pass the needle under the upper part and then under the lower part also.

Do it two more time.

After three rounds anchor the thread by going in through the point where it comes up.  If the space between the spokes are more you can do more rounds to make big ball.  

Repeat the same steps for the other spokes also. For the horizontal and vertical spoke I have made three round and for the slanting spokes I have made two rounds to make some difference. 

This is one completed kashmiri ball stitch.  

A close up.

The following picture shows a kashmiri ball stitch with more number of spokes. 

Hope you find this tutorial helpful.  Do drop in your feedbacks in the comments section.  I will be back with another interesting stitch tutorial soon.  Till then, have a nice day. 

Bargello stitch - Needlepoint stitch 1, Colour sample 1

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Hope all are doing good.   Today I am happy to share with you a small embroidery piece that I wish to do some time back.  Needlepoint embroidery pieces always fascinates me.  I have done some embroidery purses using needlepoint techniques.  I have done it in tapestry canvas.  

This sample I have done it in 14 ct aida fabric.  I have developed this piece as a colour sampler too.  Whenever I start an embridery  I always get confused choosing the colours. So thought of preparing a colour sample along with a needlepoint stitch.  This is the first stitch which is known as bargello stitch.  There are so many patterns using this bargello stitch technique and this is the simplest one.  

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Anchor threads used

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65 - Dark Pink

61 - Medium pink

300 - Cream

This is the pattern which I have used.   

This pattern can be used for purses, cushion covers etc.  I have used 6 strands for 14 ct aida.  If you are using tapestry canvas 4 strands is enough.  I will cover the canvas.  

Hope all of you like the pattern.  I have made a video tutorial for this stitch.  It is in my youtube channel.  You can click the following link to watch the video.  

Bargello stitch video

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