Hey friends,I might have been away from posting for a long time.Actually I have been working on a lot of projects together.here is one that I have finished just last week.
Its a embroidery ,kantha embroidery on a blouse piece.For all who are not much aware of this kantha stitch embroidery,here are some facts.
This is Kantha embroidery.West Bengal,a state in eastern India is famous for this craft.The craft has been around for hundreds of years in India and was born out of necessity.It has always been popular amongst rural women who keep the tradition of this special craft alive. This type of embroidery was initially created on old used fabric like old Saree's(Indian dress ).Kantha can be translated as ‘patched cloth’ although in the ancient language of Sanskrit and with a slight spelling variation, Kantha also means ‘rags’. To the people of Bengal, the word is associated with ‘embroidered quilt’ .People often recycled their favorite garments/fabric to make a new quilt to protect them in winter.
Kantha embroidery has a long history and is believed to have arisen with the way Bengali women mended old clothes. They would take out strands of thread from the borders of their colorful sarees and then create simple designs with them. The creations were known by different titles depending on the item they created. These names included Lepkantha and Sujni Kantha. Another simple fact for the development of Kantha embroidery was to be used as a blanket to beat the cold of the winter months in this north-eastern part of India. There are in fact 7 forms of Kantha embroidery in West Bengal.
These days new cloth/fabric is used,Saree's/cushion covers/bed covers/are all done using Kantha embroidery.A running stitch is used creatively to form beautiful patterns on the fabric.Floral motifs,bird/animal motifs are used.Rural women engage in this craft and every day life is depicted in the design. Cloth is layered and held together by the Kantha stitch.Kantha embroidery is a hit with tourists in west Bengal and it truly is a work of art.

So I used the same stitch to adorn a boring single color blouse to an attractive one.I stitched the motifs on the arms.Thread here used are from  anchor cotton threads.

Yellow tea-cozy set

Good morning everyone, did you all have a fabulous weekend?...This is my first post after New Year,so Happy New Year to all .We are lacking the sunshine for the last 3to 4 days.So the weekends were spent in gloom and all day long drizzles .Hope tommorro we would get some sunshine.
Today I am sharing a sewing project that I made a long time ago.Any guesses ,what it is!! O yah,it it is a teapot cover and a table cloth set.

It is a quick little one.Its made of light yellow coloured cloth,with very simple stitches,like the chain and run stitches.
The design is a very simple one with  concentric circles and L lines at the corners,alternatively stitched in blue and red threads.The tablecloth is approximately 16 inches in length,and 10 inch width.

Hi all ,here is another very quick post .Here is a cross stiched cloth,that my mom uses as a cover for the DVD player.

The design is from a book of my mother.this is specifically a corner design.I like how this gives a colorful effect to the plain white cloth.Get some more glances...

Cute little embroidery

Hi friends!Time for a real quick post !!here is yet another embroidery project that I made some time back.Its a small piece of cloth that I planned to use for covering the land phone.It can also be called a handkerchief on the bigger side.I embroidered it in one corner on a light yellow colored poplin .

I used button hole stitch for the small flowers .All the threads I used for this embroidery are the chiffon floss that I had in my stash.

Whats coming up??

       These days I am busy finishing quite a few projects .I guess every body with creative finger goes through this phase ,when you are bubbling with ieas,and energy to ceate something,there is a kind of itch that occurs and provokes you to start a lot of projects .right now my mind is too much preoccupied and overcrowded with so many ideas and desires,that I am practically unable to  finish a single project.
I hope this requires a list for the

Started projects:

1. a square crochet  doily
2. a glass painting.
3.a bookmark.
4.Unfinished cross stitch  tablecloth
5.a quilling project.

Projects in mind(to be considered)

1.a crocheted cushion cover.
2.a blanket throw(crochet)
3.a large crossstitch table cloth for future dining table
4.an embroidered bed cover with pillow set.

Isnt it a too small list to be completed within this year?
Oh yes I wish to complete the started one within this year only.Projects to be considered are entitled for new year,2012.That's it for today ,see you all soon,with a finished project.

Check out my previous post on other projects and I would be happy to receive comments on them.

A recovered hand embroideried table cloth

Let me share with you all a forgotten embroidered table cloth finish which came out from an old bag, from the bottom of the cupboard during the shifting process….it’s a bit wrinkled and badly need a press…

 This is the centre of the square table cloth.Its an ordinary navy colored cloth that I had in my stash.I got this motif from an old embroidery book that belonged to my grandma.I used button hole stitch for the pink flowers.

These are at the corners of the cloth.Remember those painting books that we used to have in childhood.It used to be a delighting experience to fill those pics with splash of colours.This used to be favourite activities on  the idle  holiday afternoons when everybody else was resting.Yes ,this is  one of those pics.I got this from one of those old painting/coloring books.The middle flower is in a deep shade of pink while the smaller flowers are in a shade lighter than the bigger one.

This is it.I am thinking of using it  to cover for my microwave oven.

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