Me Made May 2016: Day 22

Hi and Happy Sunday!

Today go free, light and flowing like

My top

Made of printed cotton fabric..

I like the print as it looks as though patchwork..Bohemian?

The neck collar is in continuity with the front open button line with extra lenght of fabric attached to give the extra frill near neck and front..

Highlighted with orange piping all over..

My friends liked it

Hope you do too..

See you tomorrow..

Me Made May 2016: Day 21

Hi There!

Lets see what I have here..

Today am wearing a

Printed Georgette kurta with same fabric stole and yellow cotton churidaar.

The kurta is "A" line

The sleeves have a touch of yellow from fabric for churidaar as piping..

The neck yoke is interesting..

The yellow cotton fabric was sewn with pin tucks to give texture,

And then cut in shape

Adding to it Georgette piping,

Yellow cotton fabric with blue embroidery to form lace

and finished with another Georgette piping  

Hope you all like it

See you tomorrow..

Me Made May 2016: Day 20

Hi Everyone!

I just can't believe, I have managed so far..

Today's creation is..

Copper coloured satin top..

V neck and straight cut..

Simple cuttings and sewing, but then

There is button-hole type edging with black threads, on sleeves and bottom to highlight and embellish..

The neck is lightly embroidered with black threads..

Stylish

Bohemian

Fun

I like it. Guess you too..

See you tomorrow..

Me Made May 2016 : Day19

Hello!

Did you notice?

I got a haircut..

A fresh haircut always makes me happy..

Today, am wearing  "A"line kurta with matching churidaar and contrast orange dupatta or stole..

The fabric is hand loom cotton or known as South Cotton..

It is predominantly bottle green..

The fabric used for the kurta has been embroidered with lotus pattern..

The embroidery is reverse shadow and run..

Not much to say

Neat

& Elegant..

See you tomorrow..

Me Made May 2016: Day18

Hi and have a lovely day!

Today am going for a hair cut..

Badly needed..

So on the way..

This top is made of cotton mulmul fabric with

Lucknowi Chickenkari embroidery on it..

Lucknowi chickenkari is shadow work embroidery..

The style and patterns are typical to Lucknow from state of Uttar Pradesh in India.

As I was little short of fabric for the sleeves, I added length by joining some plain fabric and embroidering on it to match the rest of the top..

It doesn't show anymore..

Don't stare at my sleeves next time you you see me in this top.
Ha!Ha!

See you tomorrow!..

Me Made May 2016: Day 17

Hi everybody!

So today am going to show the top I wore so many times before, but never talked about..

I wonder now why did I not show the top much earlier in the month?

Well, the top is made of maroon pure cotton fabric..

The top has overlapping front..

The neck is closed and gradually going straight down as in front open tops; has taken a curve and reached the left waist,

And is secured there with a knot in golden cords.

I like the fabric buttons I made which are held by golden loops..

The neck and sleeves are also embellished with little border with

white, black and gold..

Hope you all like it..

The maroon and gold have a regal touch..

See you tomorrow..

Me Made May 2016: Day 16

Hi Everyone!

Its bit cloudy and breezy today! Respite from the summer heat here!

Today am wearing..

The entire set of upper Kurta and lower Churidaar are me made..

The Kurta is made of pure cotton handloom fabric with thick cords of pale green and white woven in stripes..

The yoke is built with the two pieces of same fabric overlapping each other..

So there is a small collar, and the neck starts of straight down and end in "V" of yoke..

The sleeves and yoke are embroidered with black and maroon threads in Sindhi embroidery by my mother..

Light cotton, especially for the summers..

Cool?

See you tomorrow with the top I wore so often but never told you about..

Me Made May 2016: Day 15

Hi Everybody!

Today is sunday, lazy day?

Well today am showing you a long flowing skirt..

The second image was badly exposed, and this is all that I could salvage..

Wanted to show you that the skirt has great flare at the bottom..

The skirt is made of reused or recycled silk saree of my mother..

As the fabric is pure silk the skirt itself is very soft, light and flowing..

It was very easy to make..

Put multiple darts on the top to get the desired waist band length, and then add the elastic to waist..

The bottom of skirt is about three and a half metres in girth..

It looks great with tight fitting tops..

See you tomorrow!

Me Made May 2016: Day 14

Hi Everyone!

Hope You all have a lovely bright happy day today!

I once went to a shopping mall and saw a similar top on one of the high end showrooms..

I kept the image in my mind..

And as soon as I reached home drew it on paper.

Then this is what I made with the help of my mother..

The top is made of sunny golden yellow pure cotton fabric

I sew and

My mother did the crochet and embroidery..

O! You must see her speed and neatness in embroidery and crochet.

The sleeves are open, just attached with little pleats on the shoulder.

There is just one hook concealed by crochet in front.

The crochet highlights the sleeves, neck and lower border..

Clover leaves are embroidered on chest, back and near lower border.

Yellow with touches of green make a very refreshing combo..

The dress instantly peps me up

Hope you too like it..

See you tomorrow..

Me Made May 2016: Day 13

Wishing You All a very lovely day today!

As we all know its STRIPES day for Me Made May 2016,

Here we go

In a hurry

Bad pose

But wanted show you the slit..

There is something to tell you about the fabric

This straight skirt is made of Manipuri hand loom wool and cotton mix fabric; in bright yellow, green and black stripes.

In Manipur, India women weave their own clothes on small looms at home. They make a wrap around like dress for the lower part. As the loom is narrow the cloth is weaved in two parts and then stitched together to give the complete width of fabric.

The bordered weaved is in black, which is later embroidered.

Though I bought the complete set on my visit to Manipur, I just used one piece to sew this skirt. 

There are two darts in front and again in back of dress.

I used the fabric such that I get stripes along my hieght

I let the border come to one side,

and let the slit till mid calf lie next to it..

The waist has a zipper and trouser hooks for fitting.

So here I have a traditional fabric in new avataar or look

Have fun today

See you tomorrow!

Me Made May 2016: Day 12

Hello Everyone!

I went out with friends and Arpita scolded me for taking all the pictures in the same place everyday. Well that's the best lit spacious area..Anyway taking the opportunity  I asked her to take my pictures today..

The entire dress is me made..

The kurta(upper garment) is made of factory machine embroidered Kotah(an even weave fine net like fabric) cotton; ofcourse with a cotton same colour lining.

Simple sleeveless A-line kurta from the front

But go back

And

Dori or Fabric ropes tie up the back, and give the dress perfect fit..

The doris are embellished with little fabric cones in the end with small bells..

Everytime I move there is a little tinkle..

The lowers or Churidaar is made of same colour cotton camric..

The Dupatta or drape or stole is yellow Georgette to match the embroidery with a broad border of the same fabric used for kurta..

Mamma gifted me this fabric and I love the colour and the texture..

Cool, summery..

We meet tomorrow again..