Aari embroidery - A beginning

Some years back my DH bought two needles when i asked him to get crochet needles.  At that time i didn't know the purpose of that needle. only last year i came to know that it is for doing aari embroidery.  From that time onwards i am trying my hands now and then practicing the aari embroidery chain stitch.  But i didn't succeed.  I gave up at that time.  Then again i was impressed by the aari embroidery done on the blouses and decided to try again.

  I practiced, practiced and practiced.  Uff....  And finally i got the flow of doing the aari embroidery chain stitch.  But not in a fast pace but in a normal speed. These are the two samples I have done.  But I have the problem of ending the chain. sometimes i am able to end it properly but some other times after ending it the thread is getting frogged.  But somehow i have managed to do these samples and now i am having a hope that by practice i can get it right.  Have a look at the samples and do pass on your comments.

Now some close ups.

I should try more and more and I have decided to do some embroidery in a blouse before the end of this year.  Wish me good luck.  I will come up with another piece of embroidery soon.  Till then, happy embroidering.

Kasuti Embroidered blouse

Recently I have embroidered this blouse using kasuti embroidery in a silk cotton fabric.  I have used 3 strands of anchor embroidery thread no.362. Embroidery has been done on the back neck, border in the back and then for the border in the sleeves.  Used flexi net to do the embroidery and removed the net.  do have a look and tell me how it is.

Back portion with the neck and the border

Thinking of adding stones.What do u think? Waiting for suggestions.  In my next post i will be coming up with one more embroidered piece.  So till then, happy embroidering.

Maybelle flower craze

While going through the crocheting blogs months back i came across a flower called maybelle flower with its pattern.  I like it very much coz u can crochet a flower within minutes.I tried and it turned really beautiful.  After that whenever I was in a mood not knowing what to do, I used to crochet these flowers and i came with the few home decor items with it.  

Do you want to make maybelle flowers. Click here for the pattern.  Thanks Annette for the pattern.

The first one is a mat of maybelle flowers.

The second one is valance for the door.

Sorry for the poor photography skill.  I am crocheting another one with single color and I ran out of yarn in the end .  Now I am not getting the exact color.  So all of you wish me good luck to get the yarn.  

In my coming posts I will be showing you some of my embroidery projects. Before that have look at the WIP. This is a small sample i have tried before doing it in a big one.

So do watch my space.  Till then, Happy crocheting.

Reversible bag with embroidered flower

Sometime back I saw a video in youtube on making a reversible bag by debbie shore.  Thanks Debbie for the video tutorial.  From that time my hands were itching to make one.  Two weeks back the time came and today i am here to present my reversible bag. The printed fabric which I have used here is my old worn out kurti.

 Before that i have done a small piece of embroidery on a cotton cloth.  The embroidery design is taken from mahila art centre book on Kashmiri embroidery.  I have repeated the same design four times so that it takes the shape of the circle.  Coming to the embroidery part the flowers are done using long tailed lazy daisy stitch.  For the stems i have used back stitch and straight stitch. Satin stitch is used for the centre of the flower and for the buds.    Since the black fabric combines with the color of the red printed fabric I have used the embroidered piece for one part of the bag.

The bag can be used in two ways.  This is the first one.

The reverse side of the bag.

Since I followed the video in youtube initially I didn't think of having a interface.  only after completing it, i felt i should have given a interface.  So the bag was not stiff.  Anyway I was happy that i was able to sew a reversible bag.  Soon I will be sewing a bag with proper interfacing.  

I have completed some small crochet projects to show you in my coming post. So do watch my space.   Till then happy sewing.  

Cross stitch puppy - Ta-da....

Today I am presenting you a cross stitch finish.  started long time back but completed only last month.  Still framing part is remaining.  This is my first big cross stitch project.  The pattern is from this site.  It is meant for kids.  Since it is my first big project and it requires only seven colors I have selected this.  You can find so many free patterns in that site.   This has been stitched in 14 ct aida cloth with 2 strands of anchor embroidery thread. Now comes my cross stitch puppy in the pot.

some close ups.

This puppy makes me smile every time when I see it.  Also, I can see u smiling.  Be happy always.

Kutch Work Saree - Ta da

In the beginning of February this year, i have started to embroider a Kutch work saree and I have shown a small sample in a post here.  Embroidering a saree is not that much easy. I got the inspiration from Anchor Needlenthread magazine.  Started to embroider the pallu part. Slowly and steadily, inch by inch the embroidery begins to grow.  Then I didn't get the exact thread color which I am using and for a month it was kept idle. Then again in July started to do it.  So, i didn't take any new surface embroidery projects and when I got bored of doing the kutch work I used to crochet and completed some small projects in crocheting.

Now back to the kutch work saree.  I am not able to capture  the whole pallu.  Whole pallu has been embroidered. 3/4th of the body part has been filled with kutch work.  Other than kutch work I have used herringbone stitch and stem stitch. Have a look and pass on your comments.   Click on the image to get a better and clearer view.

Now comes the body part with the border.  The color of the saree was not captured properly here.  The color shown in the above pictures is the actual one.

Here comes the close ups.

You Can see the post regarding the embroidery in the blouse here.

Hope all of u like it.  will come up another Ta-da moment in cross stitch.  Till then, Have a happy time with your needle n thread.

Purse - A sewing Project

I bought a sewing machine, so that I can do some simple embroidery using it.  But I didn't succeed in that. So I started sewing some simple projects.  And here I come to you with a purse.  This time I have attached the zip using the zipper foot and the purse was made in a professional way.  I have followed the tutorial from here.  It came out perfectly.  Thanks Cindy for your excellent tutorial.

I have some Ta..da moments to share with you.The photo session is going on.  Will be back with a Ta..da post. Till then, Happy sewing.