Embroidered A- Line Frock

 

The Plain Blue Stitches and the Jazzy Sequins & Beads

Add Beauty to the Dress

I have juggled between various crafts but my passion for embroidery has never diminished as this was something I learnt from my MOM and my Granny. I had done quite a few Kameez and wall art and now my daughter wanted something embroidered by me. I am previleged to work on her frock which she can wear to school/ parties.  I took this as a oppurtunity to look out for clean, simple, gometric design suitable for her age. I also thoguth why not design and sew the dress myself. I choose A- line frock which can be independently work as a frock or can be paired with jeans or tights to give as modern look.

 

I worked on a pinkinsh orange pure silk material which has a soft feel and the silk has a sheen on it own and will make her stand out. The motif I choose was a Oval and it is from the magazine "Needle N Thread" which my Mom subscribes.  

Blue in Orange Contrasta & Compliments Each Other

The Embroidery is worked in blue embroidery floss which contrasts and compliments the hue of the frock/ kameez. The stitches I have used are simple and basic, as chain and french knots, yet elegant. These are justaposed with the bluish multicolur sequins, tube beads and seed beads.

 

This design could be worked as a stand alone or as multiples and will look elegant in T-Shirts, Kameez and is quite simple that one can finish in a day.

 

The Dress Pattern is a simple A-Line frock lined inside. This dress was basically cut by me but my Mom who sews faster than me sewed it for my daughter.

 

My Daughter loved the dress and she looked ravishing when she had coupled this dress with a black T- Shirt and Tights for a dance she performed in the Harrisburg Area Tamil Sangam Pongal Festival of 2013.

My First Commercial Hand Embroidery

PLAY OF COLOURS

It has been an year since I had blogged and lots have happened in the past year. To highlight a few - I have moved back to Bangalore and my Kid is going to finish her preschool. I had done quite a few french beaded flowers, bags, embroidery on dress, wall art embroidery, handmade cards and some do it yourself toys for my kid and her friends which I plan to blog in the coming weeks and last but not the least had travelled quite a lot.

THE MANGO AND VINE

 
 The surprise came this year in the form of a friend who had seen my embroidery and had told her friend about it. I was asked to embroider a plain white kameez. This is the first time I ventured out comercially.

THE WHITE KAMEEZ

I choose a Mango on the vine motif for this dress. I just love mangos as it can be used in many variations. This design I picked from emblibrary.com - Keep it Simple. As the Kameez was white in colour I had a wide choice of colours and went for pinks and yellow which compliment each other. I positioned 3 Mango- Vine Motif on the lower portion and a part of the motif in the neck.

I worked with satin stitch on the mango in yellow colour and outlined it with dark pink chain stitch. The outer mango was in pink seed beads. The smaller flower parts were worked in shades of pink satin stitch. The circles inside the mango sandwitched between the pink coulours was in yellow satin
stitch. The vine was worked in yellow pink multishade tube beads.
 

THE NECK LINE

The Hand and Neck are worked in Pink Chain Stitch and Yellow Pink Multishade Tube Beads. The person just loved the work! Hope to do manymore of this kind till I start my Work.