Embroidery, tunic, border pattern, bead work,own design

The tailor had given me the centre piece of the tunic fabric to work the yoke. I was eager to start the embroidery, but forgot to take picture after each thread. The threads used were cotton skeins and metallic threads in green and copper and gold. The yoke-

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The yoke after completion with beads and sequins.

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The pattern for the yoke-

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The tunic-

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Sleeves-

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Yoke-

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I wear this tunic with same yellow fabric of the borders. This kind of colour combination is typical of south Indian silk sarees. I love this tunic and enjoyed working on this.

 

Brown and orange tunic set-5

The embroidered fabric and the tunic were of the same colour, I felt it needed some more orange or red to give them some distinction.

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I asked the tailor to attach a small piping made of this bright orange fabric to the neck and sleeves, which he did beautifully.

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The tunic set with dupatta.

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This tunic may not look as appealing as the cream tunic I saw at the shop, but I am happy!

 

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After working the fly stitches in three strands of green cotton floss, the mid line was worked in back stitch with red thread.

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The embroidery is completed on this tunic. the embroidered border-

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The border and the dupatta together-

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Brown and orange tunic set-3

The alike kutch motifs on the neckline borders were worked in two shades of orange alternatively, after working with medium orange thread , the motifs were worked with light orange thread, I did not choose to weave these motifs, though weaving was possible.

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The designs in between the motifs were worked in fly stitches with green thread,

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Brown and orange tunic set-2

The embroidery was worked with cotton floss and silk threads
After tracing the pattern on to a striped brown/yellow/green fabric, the outlines were worked in chain stitches first. Pictures were not taken at this stage, so a smaller version. The threads

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The geometrical pattern was worked in back stitch with red thread. Another small picture. the outline was done in chain stitch with variegated silk thread.

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After this , the embroidery process was recorded. The kutch motifs were worked in two shades of orange, chosen from the dupatta. Kutch motif with medium orange-

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The other motif was worked in light[peach] orange.

 

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 –

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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.

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

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The embroidery on my next post…

 

Blue kalamkari tunic-3

The details of the embroidery on the yoke in red fabric. this is filling pattern as seen on the pattern drawing posted before. The embroidery was done in double running stitch with red and beige threads.

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The completed yokes placed together-

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The yokes placed over the tunic fabric

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The tunic and yokes were then given to the tailor for sewing, which he did very well with a neck pattern

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I have worn this tunic with blue salwar [Indian pants], and I like the border design better than the filling design . The antique sequins matched well with the yoke and the tunic.

 

Black and orange tunic-2

After working the motifs with herringbone stitches and back stitches, the pattern around the neck was worked with herringbone stitch. And the motifs are outlined with back stitch-

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The stitching part of the embroidery is completed on this pattern-

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Sequins and beads on the neckline-

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The centre and the small motifs with beads-

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Mustard chanderi tunic-3

I was busy these few days, and did not have time to write update on this tunic details.
The details of the bead work.
The yoke and the sleeve borders were worked with brown pearl beadss, the yoke-

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And white pearl beads were used for side panels, part of the completed panel-

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The completed yoke, panels, and sleeves , when placed over the tunic fabric.

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The tailor did a wonderful job of sewing this tunic. And the sewn tunic was , just the way I imagined and designed.

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The yoke-

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The sleeves and the panels-

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I wear a cream colour salwar[Indian pants] for this tunic. the chanderi tunic fabric  needed lining, which makes me look  stuffed, only this time, I don’t mind at all!

 

Burnt orange colour tunic-3

The stitches used in this yoke border were satin stitch and back stitch and chain stitch. Silk threads were used for filling and white cotton skein for outline.
The next colour was a mixture of orange and yellow, which had a metallic sheen to it-

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The outline was done in bright orange silk thread-

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Embroidery stitches were completed in back stitches  with white thread-

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After adding the gold beads, the yoke set was placed over the tunic-

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Then the whole set was given to the tailor for sewing. The colour of the block print of the tunic fabric was chosen for salwar[Indian pants] .
The sewn tunic –

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The close up of the yoke-

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The sleeves-

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The tailor did a good job on this tunic, I love the shape of the yoke, with two fabrics, it was interesting, to work the positions. With the printed fabric for the centre, the designing was easier.