Friday, December 2, 2011

Bead and Cowrie Embroidery


This is my niece's skirt:

This is known as Lehenga. It is full length, A line, made of Blue coloured Cheese Cotton cloth which has been treated with acid wash.

It has red coloured poplin piping at the bottom and also at the waist. A strip of cotton zari border in red colour has been stitched in V shape at the top and at the bottom to add a bit of sparkle.
The embroidery is entirely of chain stitch with black black and red Neem Zari thread. That is the cotton thread which has zari (gold) thread in it. Sequins, white seed beads and cut glass beads, kaudi(cowrie) shells have also been used.
This is the back side.

This is the blouse. Here paillettes with holes have been used. You can also see drop shaped plastic beads in white colour.

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Brooches-Latest Addition

Here are some brooches I picked up for my self recently. I think I ended up picking same colours. But then there was not much choice in colours. They looked very beautiful and also within my budget.




I love collecting them......



Friday, November 25, 2011

Friday-Free Patterns


Here is this weeks pattern:


This is good for mirror work and bead work, other hand embroideries and fabric painting. Satin Stitch, Stem Stitch, Chain Stitch, Herringbone Stitch and French Knots can be used for this embroidery. Would look great on scarves, saris, blouses, tunics etc.