Showing posts with label Feather Stitch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Feather Stitch. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Feather Stitch-7

TAST-2012-3rd Week-Feather Stitch

Some more experiments with Feather Stitch.




Though I have many ideas, I think I will just try them out and post them later as 4th weeks stitch has been announced.



Saturday, January 21, 2012

Feather Stitch-5

TAST 2012-3rd Week-Feather Stitch




The last one is detached Chain Stitch anchored with French Knots. Well my French Knots are not neat-need more practise........watch out for more....


Feather Stitch -4


TAST 2012-3rd week-Feather Stitch

 Slanted Feather Stitch circle, with detached Chain  Stitch as leaves and beads for berries. Looks like a wreath. I could have done better with the circular shape.
 You can see the detached Chain with the beads.
This is one sided Feather Stitch circle with beads.

Feather Stitch-3

TAST-2012-3rd Week-Feather Stitch

Feather Stitch in combination with different Stitches

 Feather Stitch with detached chain. This gives the affect of wheat ears, grasss etc.
The first one is with French knots, the second- beads and the last one with Bullion Stitches. You should forgive me for my bullion Stitches. I was too lazy to pull out my needles suitable for these and even then I have not perfected this stitch.

Watch out for more....


Feather Stitch-2


TAST 2012-3rd week-Feather Stitch

Feather Stitch  is one of my favourites. I stitched it on a sari. Here is the link and details:


Hope you like it.



Friday, January 20, 2012

Feather Stitch-1

TAST 2012-3rd Week- Feather Stitch


So Friends I missed out on the first two weeks. That I will catch up with later. 

Here is Sharon's TAST 2012 Challenge-Week 3
http://www.pintangle.com/journal/2012/1/17/take-a-stitch-tuesday-week-3.html

Here is my first batch of Feather Stitch Sampler.
1. Feather Stitch
2. Straight Feather Stitch
3. Closed Feather Stitch
4. Straight Double Feather Stitch
5. Straight Triple Feather Stitch
6. Slanted Feather Stitch or Thorn Stitch or Briar Stitch
7. Slanted Feather Stitch Variation and Interlaced Slanted Feather Stitch
8. Triple Slanted Feather Stitch
9. Long Armed Feather Stitch or Spine Stitch
10. Single Feather Stitch


Well there is more to come. Moreover this time though I would be working a sampler with different fabrics, different weights of threads, beads combination of different threads as usual among other things, I want to do something different.


That is something, which I am toying with, trying out different ideas. So that will come out much later...


Keep an eye on blog....


Thursday, January 28, 2010

My Embroideries

I wanted to share with you one of my works, hand embroidery on a sari.The sari is Bengal cotton cream (off white) with a red border. This is the traditional one from Bengal. I love the combination and every few years replenish my wardrobe with at least two three saris with the same combination but different designs.

This sari I brought it at least five years ago and my hands itched after looking at the plain sari. LOL!. I started with the pallu. I used feather stitch with detached chain. I used to stitch only for a few minutes every night after a very hectic schedule. I used to be so very tired after long hours at the computer. So it took long to finish this simple design. I wanted to do the design in slant stripes through out the sari. But did not have the guts to take it up.
Any way here are the pictures. Well its not a master piece. I know. But it filled all my lonely and agonised moments when I was living away from my family all alone, counting days, hours minutes and seconds to come back. I could some what divert myself from the loneliness.

This was how the pallu was embroidered. I always start with the pallu, so that if I complete the design at least I have the pallu with the embroidery. The rest I may or may not embroider.
 
I have used the same colours of cream and red. But God! it was very difficult to obtain the correct shades which match the colours on the sari. I used feather stitch with detached chain. I used the colours alternately. That is cream coloured feather stitches with red detached chain and vice verse. I was inspired by the wheat fields fully ripe which I happened to see on my outings, before I started my embroidery.
 

 
 Here is a close shot. I used the Holbein stitch at the center.
 
 Close shots of my work on the pallu
 

 

 

 
The rest of sari looks like this.I could not embroider it further. I just wanted to do a slanting stripes all over.


 Hope you like it.....