My new blog on Needle, Threads and Crafts

I've started this blog http://sumysunil.blogspot.com for voicing my thoughts, to talk about more of my dear children, and very little on DH.

As time progressed, I started posting some food recipes being motivated by other food bloggers. So I decided to move all those food related posts to my food blog http://sumysadukazha.blogspot.com

Now my latest craziness is on various embroidery, quilting and BOM's.
I'm moving all my Art and Craft related posts to a new blog http://sumyskaithozhil.blogspot.com

Please check it out.

I wish and hope my visitors motivate me by posting some comments and visiting these sites.


Wish me good luck,

Thanks,
Sumy Sunil

Herringbone stitch with some stones embellished on chudithaar

Here is another small project on my cream color plain chudithaar:

I’ve used herringbone stitches on my hand and the collar region.

The bottom of the chudithaar has 2 lines of herringbone stitches too.


(Bottom with 2 lines of herringbone stitch - blue color interlaced with rose color)

I’ve used a running stictch to keep the herringbone stitch from going astray.




(closer view of the hand...herringbone stitch running all the length from the shoulder)






(Collar and neck portion)

I’ve pasted some stones on the whole of my top chudithaar using a fabric glue.




(Top of the chudithaar..you can see the stones pasted with equal spacing alternatively scattered all over the body)

It did not come out well as I thought. Everytime I wear it, one or the other stones comes out and it will be lying here and there driving my whole family crazy.

Detached chain stitch - lazy daisy work

Here is another small project from my end on another plain chudithaar.

I have used detached chain stitch/lazy daisy profusely and little bit of stem stich for the stem and for the leaves i've used satin..it didn't come out well, though



(The full picture of the top)




(The hand portion)



(The hand portion in a broader view)



(Neck portion)



(A wider view of the neck region)





(The bottom portion of the top)

Fly stitch with some variations...

Some of the small projects I’m involved in past few months:

I brought some plain cloth and get it stitched as chudithaar planning to do some embroidery work on it. This is one way of forcing myself to get in touch with this art. I was quite confused what work should I work on and finally I did this.



(The whole view of the chudithaar top)




(The arm length and the neck portion has the plaited fly stitch ending with the jamki)







(Closer view of the fly stich surrounding a round button. I've ended the fly stitch on a jamki)

For more details on this stitch: please refer to the following link:
http://deepashome.blogspot.com/2009/02/fly-stitch-plaited-fly-stitch-and.html

Embroidery work

Please look into some of my embroidery works that I’ve worked on a white plain cotton chudithaar…

The neckline and arm line and the middle line from the neck till the bottom of the chudithaar is Couching or laid work. I used the blue woolen thread as surface thread and the second finer thread is the normal kamal thread for anchoring.

This is followed by a line of feather stitch. This is running around the neckline, arm line, and the middle of the chudithaar.

For the shoulder line, I’ve used buttonhole stitch.