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.

 

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Sequins and beads were added to the outer borders worked in chain stitches.

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The borders are completed and were placed on the tunic .

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The border pattern

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Shades of green were worked with cotton skein and metallic thread. And now chain stitches were worked in light green thread on the florals on the pattern.

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Completed with light green thread.

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Small antique gold beads were added on the beads and florals.

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After working the straight stitches and chain stitch lines with brown thread , the green on the tunic  fabric was the next thread. Chain stitches were worked with this thread.

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The thread next in line was dark green thread

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Leaves with metallic thread.

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I had earlier worked a plain green tunic with zardoai work. I think I am fond of green and gold combination. This green tunic fabric is mangalagiri cotton with stripes.

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The  idea was to work a separate border on a golden yellow fabric for the sleeves and a small yoke pattern on the tunic. Chain stitches were used throughout this project. Antique gold beads and sequins were used. Threads were anchor cotton skeins and metallic.
The width of the borders was 8cms. Since this work was done on yellow fabric, the colours used were brown and green[s].starting with the dark brown colour. This was the colour of the stripes on the tunic fabric.

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TAST 2012 40TH WEEK- Beaded hedebo stitch-3

Beaded hedebo stitch
I was wary of up and down buttonhole stitch earlier, but when it was part of this challenge, I  learnt the technique of the stitch. This technique proved useful to work this hedebo stitch. Still, it is a time consuming stitch. I worked a few more variations of this stitch and wrapped up this stitch sampler.
The second part of the sampler-

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The details-
5. The hedebo stitches are worked with a bead in between in the first row, and this group is repeated to form a seam
The cross stitches are worked in one[dark pink] thread and the hedebo stitches are worked in green thread in the second row, to see this distinction, the beads are worked over the hedebo stitches.
Single hedebo stitch with two beads is worked between two hedebo stitches in the third row.

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6.  beaded hedebo stitch motifs-

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It was interesting to learn a new stitch and try the variations. Though not an easy stitch, it looks quite decorative and will surely enhance any embroidery work. Choosing the right needle and thread are very important. I enjoyed working on this sampler,
Now, I need to catch up on those missed stitches.

 

TAST 2012 40TH WEEK- Beaded hedebo stitch

Beaded hedebo stitch
I worked a few more variations of this stitch today.
The details-
4. In the first row, the cross stitches are worked normally and the hedebo stitches are worked in two directions.
Pink Pearl beads are attached to the hedebo stitches  in the second row.
Two lines of beaded hedebo stitches are worked facing each other and a line of herringbone stitch is worked between them on the third row.

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TAST 2012 40TH WEEK- Beaded hedebo stitch-1

The 40th week stitch of the TAST 2012 challenge by SharonB is beaded hedebo stitch. I have not done this stitch before. When it was part of the earlier TAST challenge, I skipped over it, thinking it was too complicated. This time I cannot repeat the same thing. So started learning it. Worked this stitch with cone thread on even weave fabric. The thread was thick and it required a big needle, the beads were added after working the stitches.
Today I worked four lines on the sampler cloth-

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The details-
1. I tried this stitch in this first row, I don’t know why the stitch  keeps curling! [maybe too much tension?]

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2. Alternate stitches are worked on square crosses, which narrows them a little bit.

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3. Two hedebo stitches are worked together in the first row, and wide stitches are worked with three beads in between in the second row.

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Hope I get more ideas for variations . This stitch takes some time to work though!

 

Black and orange tunic-3

Antique golden beads and sequins were used as embellishments for this embroidery on the yoke. The central motif with beads-

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The embroidered piece was given to the tailor for sewing,
As mentioned on my previous post, the salwar [Indian style pants] was a glossy printed black and gold fabric.
The completed tunic set-

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The tunic top with lace border on sleeve-

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The printed salwar and the yoke match well together. The embroidery did not take much time and I have worn it a few times. Fully satisfied with this set.

 

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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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