My first hand embroidery was complicated and took a lot of time, so I did many simple and complicated designs now and then as a hobby. This piece I did when i went to India for a vacation I December 2009.
This design I had picked it up from a design book while I was pregnant and had even thought of what stitches I would work it up with. So when I thought of doing a Kameez/ Tops for me I just went and traced this design onto a Dark Green Cotton Fabric. Mango motif is a age old Indian motif but is always nice on whatever fabric and colour. I had once done a Mango motif for Sofa Cushion Back.
This Dress has two Opposing Mango motifs of different Sizes. As it was a dark coloured fabric, I had the liberty to use bright colours of the leaf from yellow, greens to orange.
The outline I worked on Scroll Stitch. Also called as a Single Knotted Line Stitch, Scroll Stitch makes an attractive border. It creates a knotted line which follows the curve of a design well. I did a two line border with Scroll Stitch in orange and golden yellow, the colours of Fall Leaves. This was a new stitch for me and it was easy and fast and was awesome.
Inside the Flowers were outlined in Chain Stitch and stones were glued as a filler. A couple of Flowers I did it with Long and Short Stitch and french Knots.The leaves were worked in different shades of green. I thought of working it out in Herring Bone Stitch, but ended up using Satin Stitch. The outer leaves are also in shades of green and stones are glued in between to enhance the design further. The center is something I found in the craft shop and thought will make a perfect focal point for this design and I incorporated it to the design.
For Tutorials on Scroll Stitch
http://stitchschool.blogspot.com/2010/06/scroll-stitch.html
http://stitchschool.blogspot.com/2010/06/scroll-stitch.html
Voila a New Dress for me!!!!
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