Embroidered Kurti

I embroidered this Kurti for my dear friend.. I have been planning to do something for her for a very long time and finally, I made it.  I hope she likes it.

I ordered a kurti from flipkart and traced this design.

Tracing on black dress material has always been a problem. On dark materials, we have to use yellow carbon paper to trace the design. But, as we embroider one section, the carbon imprint on the other areas seems to vanish. And it becomes very difficult to trace the design again !

After a long search for the right materials for tracing, I ended up using a silver glitter pen :-) ..
After tracing with carbon paper, I draw over the design using this pen.  With my kid around, I take a lot of time to finish any project. So, its very important for me to ensure that the design stays put until I finish the whole embroidering.

 

I also made matching crochet earring for the kurti. I used the same DMC thread that I used for embroidering.

~ Gaya3

Another embroidered saree

Here is another saree that I embroidered. I liked the color of the saree, so I bought it. But it looked very plain. So I decided to embroider some flower design. To match the border color, I have used purple cone thread. Using this thread over normal DMC thread has 2 advantages .  It has a nice shine to it and the embroidery work will get over in no time since this thread is  thicker than DMC thread.

Hand Embroidery on Bed spread

Embroidering a bed spread has been on my to-do list for a very long time. I did this one in 2011.
I got a plain bedspread from Landmark, Spencer Plaza, Chennai and I chose this design from my long time collection of embroidery designs. I picked by pastel colors from anchor embroidery threads to go with the brown color of the bed spread. I have used satin stitch for the letters and flowers, stem stitch for the stem and french knot for some flowers.

No prizes for guessing what the letters G and P stand for. Of course they are my husband's and my name's first letters :-)

I did not want to leave the pillows empty. So decided on this pattern and did 3 rows of chain stitch.