Transferring embroidery designs on the fabric is the first step to beautiful embroidery. You see a beautiful design in a magazine, but how to copy it onto your fabric. For an embroidery expert, this is the least of their worry, but for a beginner in embroidery, this is the first roadblock. Another worry is when … Read more
“The earth laughs in flowers.” said Ralph Waldo Emerson. Nothing is more true. If you can recreate this laughter somehow, on fabric what can be more rewarding. You can too – There are many ways flowers can be embroidered on your clothes tastefully to enhance the look of the garment – get nature’s blessings easily … Read more
Delicately worked chikankari designs embroidered on the finest of cotton mulmul (muslin) suited the aesthetics as well as climate of ancient India. It is still a popular embroidery technique used to adorn beautiful kurtas and saris and even home decor items. Do you know that a chikankar trains for about 10 years to learn the … Read more
Shadow embroidery involves using closely worked herringbone stitches on the wrong side of transparent or semi-transparent ( sheer) fabrics or thin fabrics. The work looks complicated, but it is very easy to do. Stitches used in Shadow work On the fabric’s front side, the work appears as two lines of back stitches, with a shadow of the herringbone … Read more
Herringbone stitch is worked between two parallel lines (imaginary or drawn). A series of crisscrossed diagonal stitches are made between the lines. On the reverse side of the fabric, these stitches will show up as parallel rows of running stitches. Use a very thin, long needle of sizes 7 or 9 to make this stitch. … Read more
This post details different types of hair bows and how to make them. Fabric bows are awesome and habit-forming – Let me warn you before you start making them. Make one, and all your scraps will become bows. That is called ‘the curse of the bows.’ Yes, I have been reading too many Victoria Holts. … Read more