August 21, 2014
The working of last week’s beaded herringbone stitch is on Pintangle. I am still on the catching up mode. This piece is moving faster than the previous week’s stitch.
Back stitch borders are worked between beaded herringbone stitches. The dark pink beads look like red in the picture.
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After working the beaded herringbone stitches vertically, the beads are added [in progress] in the space made with closed herringbone stitch.
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January 13, 2014
This tunic is made of two fabrics, pink /yellow striped fabric for the tunic front and back
pink yellow kutchwork printed sleeves-tunic fabric
And block printed and pin tuck fabric for the sleeves.
pink yellow kutchwork printed sleeves-sleeves fabric
I have seen sewn tunics made of two or more fabrics, embellished with printed or embroidered borders. A kutch pattern made of small and broad borders was drawn on graph paper for this tunic.
pink yellow kutchwork printed sleeves-pattern
The embroidery was worked with the colours of the block printed fabric. to enhance the yellow, colour gold beads were also worked into this design. The yoke-
pink yellow kutchwork printed sleeves-yoke detail
With the body of the tunic in pink and yellow, I felt it is better to use green as the prominent colour. The pink/yellow fabric was mangalagiri cotton which had a zari border. The borders were also sewn to this tunic. The yoke and sleeve detail-
pink yellow kutchwork printed sleeves-yoke sleeves detail
The tunic-
pink yellow kutchwork printed sleeves-tunic
Salwar in the same yellow shade is worn with this tunic.
January 11, 2014
The colour of the silk tunic is a mixture of blue and green. This combination is a favourite of people fond of kanjeevaram silk. I had a silk saree in this combination with maroon/pink border. The tunic-
peacock blue silk-tunic
The pattern was drawn with the idea of incorporating sequins and beads on it. The pattern for yoke-
peacock blue silk-yoke pattern
Silk threads in dark pink and medium blue, gold metallic threads were used for the embroidery. The embroidered yoke-
peacock blue silk-yoke
The pattern for the sleeves-
peacock blue silk-sleeves pattern
Sequins and gold beads were added to the embroidery. The sleeves
peacock blue silk-sleeves
The tailor had cut and given me the central panel and sleeves to work the embroidery. After I finished the pattern, the tailor made it into a tunic. Actually I bought this colour for a stole, but the tunic does not match with the stole now. I had worn this tunic with leggings, but I want to wear a pink patiala salwar for this.
Since the embroidery was done with silk threads, it resembles the aari work done on blouses. The aari work on blouses are more intricate and more number of beads are also worked on the projects. It is fashionable to wear these blouses.
January 5, 2014
The tunic fabric is kalamkari block printed handloom cotton.
black kalamkari with mirrors-fabric
I loved the colour and print of the fabric so much that, I was not planning to do any embellishment on it. When an idea for a broad neck came into mind, I drew a pattern with two borders and one with mirrors. The embroidery was done on black cloth, with the round mirrors worked in black. Red colour was also brought into this work, along with medium blue and cream. The tunic-
black kalamkari with mirrors tunic
Border for sleeves and centre was taken from another tunic fabric. The detail picture-
black kalamkari with mirrors-detail
The fillings were worked with herringbone stitches, outlines were worked with back and chain stitches. I used three strands of cotton skeins. And the spaces between the mirrors were worked in fly stitches.
The tunic fabric is light weight cotton, feels so cool in summer. After giving it to the tailor, I was concerned that the weight of the mirrors might sag the neck in the front. Thank God, It doesn’t. Surprisingly a salwar of the same blue on the tunic was also available to be worn with this top.
October 9, 2013
The fabric of this tunic is handloom mangalagiri cotton. I think it is a black fabric with beige stripes, because black is prominent. There was another fabric with block printed borders. That fabric had black prints on beige with an orange in between. With idea of using this border fabric for sleeves, back neck, a small mirror work pattern was chosen for the front.
The pattern-
black beige orange mirror-pat
The embroidery was mainly worked with shades of orange with beige outlines. Two or three strands of cotton skeins were used . The embroidery stitches were- shisha stitch, herringbone stitch for filling the triangles, buttonhole and chain stitches for outlining.
black beige orange mirror=yoke
The back neck with printed border.
black beige orange mirror bneck
The tunic with borders and embroidery
black beige orane mirror tunic2
It is easy to work with big round mirrors. Even simple designs can be brightened with these mirrors.
July 18, 2013
I have a fondness for ethnic woven scarfs and dupattas which are available in some shops in Chennai, India. The range of these type of accessories is endless. Once in a while, overcome by temptation, I pick up a few pieces. This is one such tussar silk dupatta.
pink-whcr-dupatta
I bought a white silk crepe fabric with satin flowers as tunic fabric to be matched with this dupatta.
pink-whcr-fabric
A simple pattern inspired by the design on the dupatta was drawn for neck and sleeves. The embroidery was done a white cotton fabric.
pink-whcr-neck pattern
The pattern for sleeves-
pink-whcr-sleeve pattern
Pink shaded silk threads and pink stones were used for the embroidery.
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The neck and sleeves
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The tunic with the details of the neck and sleeves. Light gold zari thread and pink stones were also used for this work.
pink-whcr-tunic detail
The tunic-
pink stone emb on white crepe tunic
January 14, 2013
The tailor had given me the centre piece of the tunic fabric to work the yoke. I was eager to start the embroidery, but forgot to take picture after each thread. The threads used were cotton skeins and metallic threads in green and copper and gold. The yoke-
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The yoke after completion with beads and sequins.
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The pattern for the yoke-
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The tunic-
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Sleeves-
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Yoke-
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I wear this tunic with same yellow fabric of the borders. This kind of colour combination is typical of south Indian silk sarees. I love this tunic and enjoyed working on this.
January 13, 2013
Sequins and beads were added to the outer borders worked in chain stitches.
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The borders are completed and were placed on the tunic .
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The border pattern
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January 12, 2013
Shades of green were worked with cotton skein and metallic thread. And now chain stitches were worked in light green thread on the florals on the pattern.
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Completed with light green thread.
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Small antique gold beads were added on the beads and florals.
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January 11, 2013
After working the straight stitches and chain stitch lines with brown thread , the green on the tunic fabric was the next thread. Chain stitches were worked with this thread.
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The thread next in line was dark green thread
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Leaves with metallic thread.
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