I always wanted to embroider a sari. So did my colleague Sayani. We kept talking about it and finally one day we bought two identical sarees for ourselves in green with a red border. We also stencilled identical designs on the sari.Well here's a pic of the design:
I decided to give it a bright appearance and hence I bought red and yellow threads for the flowers. Herringbone stitch seemed fine and I used them for both the flowers and leaves:
In the middle of the flowers I used shisha or mirror. My sister Bandana taught me the mirror work. I alternated the branches with red and yellow flowers and also outlined them in contrast colours. For the stems I used stem stitch and chain stitch for the little buds.
Finally I completed the saree and wore it on Saraswati Puja( Saraswati is the goddess of learning and arts) and offered my prayers.I wore a red blouse. My colleague Sayani is also on the verge of finishing hers and she has used threads of pink and green in shaded hues. I will upload her work too after she completes. Right now here's a pic of mine:
I do hope that this poncho cum stole manages to catch the fancy of this youngster. I shall be visiting my sis- in-law as my summer recess is on and will hand this over to Doyel next tuesday(11 th June,2013) . Anyone interested in this design may look up Yolanda Soto Lopez's "All Crafts Channel" under the title "Crochet Summer Poncho".
I first learnt cross stitch from my grand mother when i was very young. Our school sewing projects also involved a lot of cross stitched stuff! so cross stitch is something which makes me very nostalgic.....Cross stitched this white table runner and the brown table cloth a couple of months back.
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