Recycle Bag

In my childhood I used to save and cherish paper/ cardboard bag. One day when I was rummagging  through my junk collection as I call it I found one bag being torn. Voila look what was inside the colurful wrapping - a Kellogs carton.

Any Carton never goes a waste!!!

So now I recyle Kellogs and other cartons and make colourful bags to store my daughters toys, for her shopping, etc. and also gift them to her friends.

Hand Made Felt Bag

CUTE FELT BAG

 This is a Do It Yourself Fancy Bag using Felt Cloth. I found a A4 (21cm x 29.7cm) felt cloth in the New Arts & Caft shop  "Itsy Bitsy" - http://itsybitsy.in/ and thought why not make a bag my daughter and got a purple felt cloth.

Cut 14cm x 29.7cm from the A4 size. Cut the remaining piece into 2 halves for 7cm x 14.65cm and use if for the side panels. Punch holes on both sides  along the length and also on both sides along the lenght of the 2 halves.  Fold the 14cm x 29.7cm into half and make a crease. Attach the side panel to the side and stitch them together using a 1/4" satin ribbon of a contrast colour or a darker or lighter shade. I used a beige rinnon contrasting thr purple felt. For the handle I used a 1" satin ribbon and stiched it to the bag. I made a decorative pattern suning the ribbon and the thread using for stitch. We can put any Embelishment on the front and back tnd decorate the bag to our taste. I have played with the colours and ribbons and stitches to create a style.

Now the  cute little Bag is ready to Use!!!!

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.

Embroider with Sequins and Beads

The Bunch of Flowers and Leaves repeated

With little letting your mind run wild you can create wonders with your hands which can be worn by you and be praised by others.

This Embroidery is worked on a Silk Salwar Tops. It is worked with Sequins, Tube beads, Seed beads, Bronze Metallic Thread and Orange Embroidery Floss.





The Motif is repeated 4 times at the end of the Salwar tops and the Neck is worked by repeating a bunch of three flowers and leaf.The same neck motif is repeated in the sleeves of the hand also

The Flowers are worked in Three Stands of Orange Embroidery Floss in Satin Stitch The Stem is worked in Chain Stitch alternating with Tube Beads with  Two Strands of Bronze Metallic Thread. The Leaves are worked in bronze Sequins and the buds are worked in French Knots using Bronze Metallic Thread.The Vines are worked with Black Colour - Contrast Seed Beads to make them stand out.

The Main Motif Is Repeated 4 Times to form a Border

Embroider with Stones

Chain Stitch worked with metallic Red and Silver and filled with Stones.

With my Kid active and Kicking inside my womb I was thinking how to make use of the precious time at hand. I had just finished a Cross Stitch Wall Art and my Mom suggested why not do some Embroidery on Salwar Tops and got me 4 different colours. My Mother-in-law did the positioning for the neck and all, but the design eluded us.

That was when I came across a diamond pendant advertisement in a magazine. Why not use this and make a pattern on the Salwar tops. So I had the design resized to suit the salwar - 4 at the lower portion and one near the V-shaped neck.

I choose White and Red stones to represent the Diamonds and Rubies in the design. I worked the Platinum portion in Chain Stitch with Metallic Silver and Metallic Red. It took almost 2 months to complete it and before I finished this my Bundle of Joy was born. So one can use our imagination to make use of any design /pattern creatively.

Jacobian Couching



Jacobian Couching and Back Stich as filling



My Parents house is a haven for studies, crafts and sports. My Mom, a pedriatician, in her spare time designs and embroiders sarees and Kurthas for us.

This design I had picked it up from a design book "Needle N Thread" and worked on with only 2 solid colours Yellow and Black in a Blue Cotton Fabric.



Jacobian Couchin done wit contrasting colours Yellow & Black



The Motif comes from the chest down and is worked in Chain stitch and Stem Stitch Filling. The Space framed by the Chain and Stem Stitch is worked with Jacobian Couching and Back Stitch.



For  Tutorials on Jacobian Couching

http://www.ebony.co.uk/workbox/feature.htm

http://www.knittingdaily.com/glossary/jacobean-couching.aspx

Simple Beading on Dresses

The Flower beads are sewed into the fabric to form a elegant pattern

This is a Dress made for my Daughter by her Aunt. It was a Navy Blue Plain dress. I choose some flower shaped beads and formed a simple pattern on the dress. I glued it using fabric glue and then sewed them on to the fabric. Voila the palin dress is now elegant.