Me Made May 2016: Day 28

Hello Everyone!

Wear a bright dress to 

Brighten your moods and your day!

What can be more bright?

I was just strolling in the market when I spotted this bright green and magenta very Indian print cotton fabric..

I just had to have it..

The Kurta is simple A-line dress with side slits..

The yoke

Well its historical

It was more of a sampler piece on which my Mother taught me variety of stitches..

We gave it a shape of yoke and used it on an Anarkali kurta..

The Anarkali kurta is no more, but

The yoke stayed with me

I used it here..

Just perfect match..

Its so bright and I like it..

See you tomorrow!

Me Made May 2016: Day 27

Hi Everybody!

O! I like the long flowing Bohemian full length dress..

Wanted to wear one..

So I made one..

Out of three different block printed, natural dyed, hand loom cotton fabrics.

The body is simple with shape due to two darts in front and back..

The skirt is made as skirt I wore on Day 7

There are many pipings and borders added with just these three fabrics to get the desired design..

The waist has a flowing string belt with ceramic beads to add weight..

I very much enjoy this dress..

Hope you too!

See you tomorrow!

Have a nice day!

Me Made May 2016: Day 26

Hello All!

As am off to some roaming around

Here is what am wearing today..

The entire set; the top Kurta and lower Churidaar are made by me..

The Kurta is made of brocade fabric..

The Brocade fabric had intricate pattern woven in teal, golden yellow and maroon;

With border on two sides of the running fabric..

Border has patterns in silver and golden yellow threads..

Started by cutting off the borders and sewing them one along side another piece

So as to get the chest, back and shoulders of the kurta

The skirt is made in simple A-line cut with rest of Brocade..

The Churidaar is made of teal camric fabric..

Oh! Missed showing you the teal semi-Pashmina stole I use with this ensemble!

I like the look;

And now out to some sight-seeing..

See you tomorrow!

Me Made May 2016: Day 25

Hi Everyone!

Well took a weekend trip to Bhuvaneshwar-Puri-Konark, The Golden Triangle in Odisha, India. In the coming month shall blog the visit..

This image was taken in Udaygiri Jain excavated monasteries last Saturday..

The lower churidaar come trouser is the one that I wore on Day 11
The top or Kurta is made of chocolate and wine shaded raw silk..
The design is mine..
As I made the front overlapping style with the wrap winding its way to side and back again in center..
I love the buttons found in a small shop in Pahargunj, New Delhi long time back..
The kurta as you see has three slits; two on each side and one in center..
The dupatta or stole used is made cotton fabric with golden threads woven into it which I got dyed into the same colour as the churidaar..

I like my dress!
Hope you too!
See You tomorrow!

Me Made May 2016: Day24: SHIRT REFASHION before-after

Hello Everybody!

For a long time I wanted to do a shirt refashion..

This shirt was never much worn and mostly lied low in the wardrobe..

It was HIS,

I made it MINE..

Well, here is the shirt before I changed it..

First, I cut off the collar, pocket and cuffs

Second, reduced  the shoulders and the chest by cutting off extra fabric

Third, sew the sleeves to new arm holes with pleats on the shoulder

Fourth, hem the sleeves to 3/4 sleeve length

Fifth, sew the chest and rest of lower length of shirt with pleats like in peplum tops

Sixth and final, adjusted the lower hem line of shirt by rising the side bit more.

Now that the top is done,

time to embellish..

 I painted a motif of Ganesha in red and gold, on the left

Added little dabs of red on the buttons just to add colour

Here i finish the top with a scarf belt in red

Wear it with long pencil skirts or jeans..

 

It was fun making

 

and wearing HIS as MINE 

See you tomorrow..

Me Made May 2016: Day 23

Hi Everybody!

Today is special day to me as

Today is my dear Hubby, Suman's birthday!

My creation for today is..

The entire dress- Kurta and Churidaar are made of hand loom South cotton..

A word about the stole- It is raw silk stole embroidered by my mother in green and maroon in Kashmiri embroidery style. Shall share her creations with you on blog one day...

The kurta has two different fabrics put together- Check and plain in yoke and sleeves..

The yoke and sleeves are embellished by me using red piping and bead work, using wooden and holy basil wood beads..

The skirt of the kurta is made by joining four pieces together like one does for 4-cut petticoats..

The entire ensemble is very sophisticated in look..

Am sure,

You would like it too..

See you tomorrow..

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!..