Blue kantha on dark blue tunic-4

This tunic also as a motif below the yoke borders.

B&B kan-motif pattern

The motif worked with medium blue, dull gold and white threads.

B&B kan-m1

The motif looked like this after working with dark pink thread.

B&B kan-m2

Some more running stitch filling and stem stitch outlines were done with medium blue and light blue threads.

B&B kan-m3

The motif, after working the antique gold beads inside stem stitches.

B&B kan-m4

The completed tunic-
The yoke with printed fabric-

B&B kan-tunic yoke

The tunic-

B&B tunic

The sleeves with printed border.

B&B kan-tunic sleeve

I wear this tunic with light blue [same shade as the printed fabric base] leggings. I do tend to work with these colours quite often!

 

green ikat multi coloured yoke-6

As requested, I am posting the pattern for this yoke . the details of the embroidery are here.
There are two parts of this yoke.
The centre-

green tunic coloured yoke- centre pattern

The borders and the sleeve

green tunci coloured yoke-border pattern

 

kutchwork tutorial-medium motif10

I have posted the working of this medium motif here.

motif10

 

Blue ikat tunic with lemon green printed sleeves-2

This embroidery pattern and working are based on ethnic Indian designs.
The progress on the embroidery on this blue yoke- the tunic being woven ikat, the white colour on the tunic formed light blue streaks in some places. The next colour on the yoke was light blue, this was also worked in herringbone stitches.

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With sleeves in lemon yellow, the next colour was lemon yellow with lemon green outline in chain stitch.

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The next shade of yellow was from the tunic. chain stitches were worked with this thread.

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This yellow shade continues with more outlining in chain stitch. The blue thread comes back again with chain stitch outlines. these are for mirrors.

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The completed yoke and tunic on my next post.

 

Blue ikat tunic with lemon green printed sleeves-1

After completing the stitch samplers of the TAST challenge, I am resuming the details of the embroidery designs on tunics . this tunic fabric is hand woven ikat fabric in blue.

blu&lemgren-fabric

I don’t have a separate picture of the sleeve fabric. It is pin-tucked fabric in lemon green/yellow block printed with blue floral motifs.
The idea was for a small yoke worked in another fabric of the same blue base.
A simple motif repeat pattern, with round outlines for mirrors.

bl&lengren-pattern

The thread colours were picked from the tunic and sleeve fabrics. Anchor cotton skeins were used throughout this embroidery.
Herringbone stitches worked with lemon green thread-

bl&lemgren-01

More details on my next post.

 

TAST 2012 Week 46-checkered chain stitch2

The 46th week stitch of the TAST 2012 stitch challenge by SharonB is checkered chain or magic chain. Earlier in this challenge, when chain stitch was announced, I chose four types of chain stitches from the earlier TAST challenges. This stitch was one of them.
This time around , I thought of working this stitch on a design . five colour combinations were used to work this sampler. The first colour- combination was deep green and variegated green thread.

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The second combination was deep green and mustard yellow thread.

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This part was violet and deep pink combination-

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The next combination was violet and light majenta combination.

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The last combination was medium blue and majenta combination.

46.checkered chainst2-designsamplera

A different view

46.checkered chain st2-designsamplerb

This is for anyone interested in this pattern.

46.checchain st2-pattern

 

TAST2012 49TH week- buttonhole eyelet flower-2

This week’s stitch is buttonhole eyelet flower of the TAST 2012 stitch challenge by SharonB. I worked some samples during the previous TAST challenge.

Though these bullion stitches are here to torture me, I am going to try some samples with other TAST stitches.

After the completion of this sampler, I ‘ll post the skeleton pattern over which these were done.
1.The first flower is with buttonhole stitch and French knots. The second flower is with Pekinese variation, and the third one is shaped differently.

49.buteyeflowerst2-1

 

Brown and orange tunic set-1

In India we get this kind of dupattas [long stoles] block printed on soft cotton fabric. I bought one such dupatta –

brw&orange- dupatta

The dupatta was on display on the shop, along with plain cream salwar set[tunic]. It was quite attractive. I took the dupatta alone and thought of embroidering a small border around the neck on a cream tunic. later thought that this combination was too common and discarded it and bought a plain brown[?] mangalagiri cotton.

brw&orange-tunic fabric

The idea of small border around the neckline remained. The neck pattern with kutch motif evolved-

brw&orange-pattern

The embroidery on my next post…

 

TAST 2012 43RD Week-Buttonhole wheel cup stitch

I was away on holiday, when this stitch was announced on the TAST 2012 stitch challenge by SharonB. I had worked this stitch sampler during the previous TAST challenge, the details are here.
This time buttonhole wheel cup stitch was worked with other TAST stitches. Before working the buttonhole wheel cup, the other stitches were worked in cotton floss.

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The completed sampler-

43.buttonhole wheel cup st- sampler

The details-
1. The other stitches are detached chain , fly , herringbone, pistil, feather and cast on stitches.

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2 . Basque , Algerian eye, crossed and normal buttonhole variation, in the first row. The second row has- zigzag chain, two buttonhole wheel cups with wheat ear and Italian border stitch variation with French knots. And in the third row, Italian border stitch, running stitch and knotted loop stitch.

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3.In the first row, bullions are worked in the centre, buttonhole open wheel cup is the  sample in the middle  and in the third sample green beads are added around this stitch. Running stitch is worked around three buttonhole wheel cup stitches and buttonhole wheel variations are worked with stem stitch in the last sample.

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This sampler was more about working of this stitch with other stitches to form different decorative arrangements. The idea was drawn on paper -

43butwhecupst2-pattern

Then later incorporated with appropriate embroidery.

 

TAST 44th Week- needle woven picot leaf stitch-4

I tried a few motifs with needle woven picot leaf stitch and other stitches.

44.needle woven picot leaf st-sampler4

The details-
13. the motif on top is worked in the centre with five needle woven picots and outlined with oyster stitches. The motif in the left is worked with isolated knotted loop stitch and the right motif is worked with fly stitch.

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14.The centre of the motif on the top is worked in satin stitch. The picots are worked in perle cotton and cone thread alternatively. The woven picots are worked over cretan stitch variation in the bottom motif.

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15.the centre of the top motif is worked with crossed buttonhole and buttonhole variation, the picots are worked over the crossed stitches. The next motif is a combination of needle woven picots and detached chain stitches.

44.neewpi st-15