Me Made May 2017: Day 16

Hi!

Here is one suit made by me whose fabric I bought long time back.

Day 16

 Fabric used are:

Brocade in gold and moss green,

Brocade in bottle green and emerald green,

And gold brocade for the churidar/lowers.

I even bought a stole in  nearly gold beige with few woven strands in green.

 I made a circular yoke on A-line kurta..

And embellished it with subtle embroidery...

I did a smart job..

I got some golden beads, velvet cut-out flowers, stick-on crystals and fabric glue...

Sketched a pattern..

Stuck the flowers with fabric glue...

Sew the beads in place....

Done....

It is a lovely ensemble.

I like it..

Hope you like it too...

Me Made May 2017: Day 15

Hi!

We have come half way through May!

Today I have an easy craftilious sew project for anybody who can hold needle and thread and do simple hem.

Day 15

 My easy DIY scraf!

 I started with a printed chiffon fabric in off-white and black.

Neatly hem the edges by hand or machine.

 Now I had some some wooden beads for my daughters craft works..

Painted them in bright red, green, blue and yellow using acrylic colors...

Once the beads are dry and ready..

Sew them at regular interval on all through the edge of the fabric...

Done!!!

My scarf is ready!

 

Wear it anyway you like!

Very simple!

Yet,

Stylish!!

See you tomorrow!

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Me Made May 2017: Day 12

Hello!

In the middle of a week!

Day 12

 Love hand loom, hand crafted products.

This is a straight cut kurta with three quarter sleeves.

Made from Kalamkari hand blocked cotton fabric.

Kalamkari way of motifs and painting are very specific to their own styles..

And they use natural dyes.

Have used indigo fabric for yoke and piping..

Have embellished the yoke with big mirror embroidery using red threads on indigo yoke.

I can wear this kurta/top with indigo/ burnt red/ beige lowers

Hope you like this creation of mine..

See you tomorrow!

Me Made May 2017: Day 8

Happy Monday!

Today is Day 8

And it is very hot here.

I have a summer top today..

It is a short fitting top with side slits.

The fabrics are:

White textured cotton with blue and sky blue abstract flowery spots,

And Indigo dyed cotton...

The neck line is interesting

And embellished with thin silver ribbon.

I wear this top with trousers, jeans and skirts.

Have a nice day!

See you tomorrow!

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Me Made May 2017: Day 5

Hi Everyone!

Today also I have for you a dress I made for my daughter.

Actually got extra length of fabric

So made a frock for Aarotrika and

A kurta for myself which I shall share tomorrow...

Day 5

This is a cotton batik printed fabric teamed with bottle green south cotton frock.

Front buttoned..

Embellished with crochet and lace edging...

On way to a party...

See you tomorrow with yet another avataar of the same fabric...

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Me Made May 2017: Day 4

Hi! 

Today something different...

My daughter's dress..

I sew frocks and tops for my daughter.

Day 4

This dress is made of two fabrics:

Block printed light pink textured fabric and

Double shaded thread weave south cotton in aubergine/violet fabric.

There is alternate fabric piping to highlight the edgings..

The lower part is simple A line cut...

There are purple buttons at the back..

Most lovely part:

It has small gungroos/bells sewn in the waist which tinkle softly with every movement. Just love the sound..

Here is my darling Aarotrika sitting on the window sill of my in-law's ancestral house.

Old houses have their own charm

Thick walls

Solid wood windows

Hope you like this dress

and also like my showing some kids stuff made by me...

C you tomorrow!

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Me Made May 2017: Day 2

Hi Everyone!

Its fun doing this!

Day 2

We went for dinner the other night and here is a pic from the venue site.

Please excuse the lighting

I loved the block jungle print with gold in between.

Here I made a short kurti or top for myself.

Highlighting the neck and borders are little crochet edging in off-white.

Specially like the V neck with crochet lace peeping out...

Lovely casual wear!

See You tomorrow with something again!

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ME MADE MAY 2017 ! Am Participating!!!

Hi Friends!

May is coming again, and

 Am participating in

#MMMay17

I have pledged to

wear and show one dress made by me for myself or my daughter, each day of May for the entire month!

I really appreciate the interest shown by You All last year,

Hope You shall enjoy my endeavors this year too...

You can also see my pics on pinterest too...

RED EMBROIDERED SWEATERS: BEFORE & AFTER

Hi!
 
Vacations really catch you up! Had been wanting to post this since last week...

 My kids moved to a different school and so different school uniforms. Had to do something with the school sweaters. They are almost new and well fitting.

 Here is the sweater, to begin with I simply picked out the stitches holding the school logo, very neatly.

 This is my son's sweater with a potted Christmas tree. The decorations are sequins just stuck using fabric glue. The star on top and small ones on sleeves are embroidered.

 This is the first time, am embroidering on knitted garment. Believe me it's very easy, especially if you are using wool. Use very simple basic stitches.

 Here is my daughter's sweater. Logo out. Sketched a pine tree branch in pen, amd also snowflakes on the sleeves.

 Using pale green wool to sew in some pine leaves/needles. Did the branches and stem in Grey wool

 Here is this sweater complete with pines (which are silver and golden sequins glued in clusters) and snowflakes on sleeves.

This sweater is so appropriate for the season and time of festivity, that these have become Aarotrika and Adhrit's favorite sweaters. They wear them everyday to park..

Hope you enjoyed my little venture and will pull out your own stuffs and embelish them and upcycle them and restyle them..

WISH YOU ALL

MERRY CHRISTMAS

AND

HAPPY NEW YEAR

!!!

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EMBLISHED T-SHIRTS

Hi! A few days back I stumbled upon a folder in computer with some pictures of my adventure in turning bland T-shirts into funky ones. I took these pictures some four years back maybe..

See how I jazzed up two plain high neck T-shirts..

 My kids four years back

How time flies...

OK, I started by buying plain high neck full sleeves T-shirts in sunny yellow and lemon green for my kids. I still do so: buy plain Ts and jazz them up to get a customized unique wardrobe member.

Note in the next image I drew some outlines with pencil on the T

All I did was simple patchwork or appliqués,  simple stitches as stem, back, chain or button-hole, a few buttons here and ribbon there, and sometimes acrylic paint..

Here is a scene of kids having fun on a sunny day near home

I don't spare any surface :)

Here is a scene inspired from The Ratatouille animation movie, on the other side of T

Now the next T-shirt

Here are my kids cycling up a small hillock upto an apple tree

See the apples are small buttons

On the other side of T...

The shoes lace are red satin ribbon stitched up sparingly on to the T

My kids

My Kids saying cheeese

 

Hope you all enjoyed my early venture into photographing from my early days of blogging.

See you all soon!

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GOLDEN ORANGE HAND PAINTED CUSHIONS

Hi Everybody!

Did not realize that I haven't posted anything for quite some time.

Today I bring you some lovely self painted and sewn cushions

Lets begin form the begining

I started with golden orange satin fabric

Self printed off-white cotton 

Pale green fabric border

Muted gold and green lace

and Acrylic fabric paints

 

 I had long time back seen some lovely banana tree patterns in Good Earth decor store. Keeping them in mind I sketched two banana trees on the off-white fabric. The banana tree with flowers and fruits is the female tree, and the one with only flower is the male banana tree. Had to make both because both female and male together balance the nature.

Time to colour

In the morning when the house is empty after the kids and hubby go off to their school and office respectively, I find little time for me in the soft golden glow of morning sun

 The above pic shows the tree filled with colour..

The pic bellow shows detailing and highlighting of the trees

Next step was just sewing. Refer to my earlier post on cushions for how I sew them..

The female banana tree

 The male banana tree

 Now they look lovely in my living room adding the glow of golden yellow and also the nature's soothing green

 I believe you will love them too...

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CUSHION COVER: FAST & EASY!

Hi! A few things are never too many!

Like cushions!

Have a pair of 10x10 inches cushions,

Sew covers for them from left overs...

All I used was:

Adequate amount of printed heavy fabric for front

and matching cotton fabric for back

Some trimming(them came out of fleece shawl I used for making baby quilt)

Matching sewing thread, scissors, measuring tape and sewing machine

And, yes a little velcro

Front was easiest done by cutting out 10.4"x10.4" printed fabrics

The back was made such that the cushion can be put in or out through an overlapping opening

Fixed in place using velcro in the centre

Now the more tricky part

Sewing the pieces of fabric together in right order:

1st: the back fabric facing the right side up

2nd:  the trimming or any edging facing the right side up; and with the lacy or free side towards the centre or inwards

and last 3rd: the front fabric with the WRONG side up

Following the above order, once you finish sewing all around, neatly sewing in the edging and turn the cushion inside out You get a perfect cushion cover.

So simple

Just one morning!

Enjoy simple pleasures of life!

See You!

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Me Made May 2016: Day 30

Hi! Namashkar!

Just two days left and now I want to share so much..

Am Indian

And my wardrobe can never be complete without Sarees..

I believe

All women look beautiful in Saree irrespective of their sizes, shapes or colour..

Its a graceful garment..

Why this Saree?

I had bought 5 and half metres of plain orange Khadi silk Saree and painted it..

Shakuntala and Dushyant story scene is depicted in Pulla or Aanchal..

The jeweleries have been  embroidered in gold threads and sequins..

All around the border there are beautiful deers painted in the garden..

The blouse or top that I wear here is made of self woven pattern cotton fabric in red. It is the same fabric used by me to make the kurta I wore on Day 10

I highlighted the woven pattern with simple run stitches with beige colour threads.

The blouse is ordinary front open darted blouse,

But, back is interesting

It appears to be back open due to beige buttons sewn in with red threads

And asymmetric neck..

I love the entire ensemble

Hope you too..

See you tomorrow with interesting twist..