Blackwork border on blue tunic-3

This is last part of the blackwork borders I had used as a yoke pattern. This particular set of borders are a combination of blackwork border patterns .
This yoke is small, and embroidered with shades of blue thread.
The third part of the pattern-

blue blackwork tunic-part3

The completed yoke placed over the tunic fabric.

bbt-completed yoke

The completed tunic-

blue blackwork tunic

Another view of the completed tunic-

blue blackwork tunic -2

 

Blackwork border on blue tunic-2

The blackwork borders were worked in shades of blue, with the idea of matching this tunic top to my blue jeans. The embroidery had a certain look, while working on the white fabric, then it looked different , when it was attached to the light blue tunic fabric.
Maybe, for the blue tunic fabric , I should have used some other combination.
The second part of the border pattern-

blue blackwork border-2

 

The third part on my next post.

 

Blackwork border on blue tunic-1

While browsing for some designs, I hit upon the idea of working some borders as a yoke pattern. Getting into the spirit of it thought blackwork borders can be used for this.
Then the tunic fabric was chosen, a light blue handloom cotton fabric.
I thought the yoke can be worked in white colour fabric, with threads in shades of blue.
The blackwork borders that were drawn on graph paper. Then this pattern was traced on to the white fabric. Then I started the embroidery on this pattern.
Step by step pictures were not taken.
So a part of the border -

blackwork border tunic -1

It is a small yoke. two more parts are there. Will post them later.

 

Blouse in lagartera embroidery-1

I have come back from Chennai vacation. Too many activities in two weeks. Did not have time to post any new pictures too.
I have seen a few samples of lagartera embroidery on net. The original work Iam yet to see.then found a book of lagartera embroidery, from that deduced that it can be worked on even weave,consists of satin stitch, cross stitch and back stitch.With this background information, I wanted to work this embroidery.
At this time someone wanted me to embroider a border on blouse [saree] sleeves. She
chose the colours, and agreed to my suggestion of lagartera embroidery .
The blouse material was handloom cotton in dark orange and did not have even weave.
So the patternwas drawn on graphand copied with white carbon paper on to the fabric.
The pattern and the first colour[green]-

lagartera blouse-detail 1

 

Further details on my next post.

 

 

Pink mirror work tunic

This is tunic is from the old set, which I have worn for some time now. This embroidery was done in 2005. The tunic fabric is printed voile, which is ideal wear for summer.
It started as a pant top and ended as a salwar[ Indian pants] top.
The tunic is light green , with green and pink floral print.
The yoke fabric is mangalagiri cotton in parrot green.
The embroidery idea was to work some geometrical patterns in  herringbone stitch around the  mirrors.
The pattern was drawn on graph and then traced on to the yoke fabric.
The mirrors were worked in the same green colour.
The other colours were, shades of pink and green , lemon yellow.
The yoke-

pink mirrorwork tunic-1

Another picture-

pink mirrorwork tunic-2

Closeup-

pink mirrorwork tunic -clsoeup

The fabric is so comfortable to wear, being in favourite colours of many , generally most people like this.
It is better to have certain sure colour combinations in mind, before working on any project, because embroidery being an embellishment and value addition to any fabric, encouragement comes from others positive comments.

 

Blue/green tunic-4

The embroidery on yoke is fully completed and the yoke is sewn on to the tunic.

blue/green tunic-1

Another picture-

blue/green tunic-2

The yoke is 16 inches in height and 11 inches in width.

After completing this tunic, I observed that I had used too many printed material . It would have been better if one of them was plain.
Another aspect, is I should have used complimenting fabrics for yoke and tunic, it might have enhanced the total project. I keep learning in each and every project I work.
On my next post where I tried contrasting the yoke fabric.

 

Blue/green tunic-3

The large yoke is completed with beige thread and pink sequins.The sequins were last minute additions. The completed yoke-

blue/green tunic-yoke completed

I placed the embroidered yoke on the tunic to see the effect.

blue/green tunic yoke

The completed tunic on my next post.

 

Blue/green tunic-2

The yoke for this tunic is done in repeating pattern. Since the pattern was simple,I made a large yoke.
The colours-
Pink for the detached chain,, lighter shade of the tunic colour and beige for the step pattern.
The yoke , while working the pink thread-

blue /green tunic- yoke WIP

The yoke , after completing two threads-

blue/ green tunic -yoke 2

Another post on the embroidery on this yoke.

 

Blue/green tunic-1

For some time I was thinking over the idea of doing a full yoke with a repeating line pattern. This yoke doesn’t have any other elements but this pattern. This embroidery will look as a fabric.
The tunic-
The fabric is printed cotton fabric,

blue/green tunic -fabric

The yoke-
I had a material[mercerized cotton, ikat weave] from an old tunic. The fabric was quite thin, best for yokes.

blue/green tunic -yoke fabric

The pattern-
The pattern was step pattern drawn on graph paper.Along with itI did some detached chain petals.

 the embroidery on my next post.

 

My version of Phulkari borders.

This was my first introduction to phulkari embroidery.
I was told that , the embroidery was done with surface satin stitch on geometrical patterns.
Then I saw a picture of a bedspread or shawl, which was fully covered with phulkari embroidery. Only thing I could make of the picture was that it was– BRIGHT!
Computer was not my friend then.
I wanted to try this embroidery, but without sources to learn the proper method, I made my version geometrical border pattern and stitched them in surface satin stitch.
At that time, idea of making a sampler had not yet come to me.So this border pattern was used for a tunic . The tunic fabric was synthetic material printed in red. price was Rs.28 per meter.
The embroidery was done in black,to incorporate more colours.
I wore this tunic for ten years, and in 2004, I cut the embroidery piece from the tunic-

phulkari border

The closeup-

phulkari border-closeup

This piece could be used as borders for bag. Still it is lying there in the cupboard in Chennai.