Me Made may 2016: Day 7

Hi Friends!

Today am back with a long gypsy or bohemian style skirt..

 I love the free flowing feel around me..

The skirt is made of printed chiffon fabric taken out from my mother's used saree worn over an underskirt..

Design: Gypsy or Bohemian

Measure the waist at naval level and add some extra inches to make the waist band

As you notice the skirt is made in 5 tiers

Measure the length from naval to heel for total length of skirt

Divided total length of skirt by 5 to get width of each tier

Tier1: Waist measure + 0.5 metre

Tier2: Tier1 + 1 metre

Tier3: Tier2 + 1 metre

Tier4: Tier3 + 1 metre

Tier5: Tier4 + 1 metre

Sew them one after the other as the image drawn with pleats.

Put elastic in waist band

And you are ready to go..

 

The top here is also sewn by me

But let me talk about it tomorrow..

See you then..

Me Made May 2016: Day 6

Hi and a VERY GOOD DAY TO YOU ALL!

Am back again..

Taking my own pic is little difficult..

Managing position, exposure,..

Please bear with the image quality today

My today's me made garment is..

This is a top made of natural dyed hand-loom cotton fabric.

The top has a collar and is worn in overlap fashion, tied up with strings on the side.

Do note the asymmetry of the overlapping parts, highlighting the style..

The back side is no less interesting

There is a small cutout just bellow the collar adding fun..

 This garment goes very well with trousers, jeans, wrap and skirts

See you again tomorrow..

Me Made May 2016: Day 5

Hi Everybody!

Hope you all are having a good time!

Today I had to go to library and this is what I wore..

Again both the garments, upper kurta and lower churidar salwar are stitched by me.

The kurta is made of purple colour self patterned satin and terricot mix fabric.

I have put a broad gold brocade patch or piping to lower edge and round neck line.

There is a single button at the back to help wearing the dress.

Please also note that the sleeveless cut is extended showing a bit more of shoulders making the kurta more stylish..

The churidaar is made of purple camric fabric..

Its comfortable and stylish..

Hope you all like it too..

Meet you again tomorrow..

Me Made May 2016: Day 4

Hi Everyone!

Am so thrilled..

Today's dress is..

Well today am wearing both the upper(kurta) and lower (churidaar payjama)  garment stitched by me.

The kurta is made of cotton fabric with block print. I have added border of contrasting strips of printed pink and muted gold fabric near sleeves, lower border and yoke.

The yoke is further embellished with sequins and Sindhi embroidery in red. The Sindhi embroidery is by my mother. I learnt Sindhi embroidery from Mamma, but am a little less confident with it.

Hope you like my creation for today..

See you again tomorrow..

Have a nice day!

Me Made May 2016: Day 3

Hi there!

Glad to be back again on my laptop, ready to upload today's dress..

Getting photographed is such a nervous affair

Its difficult to like your own curves and width

But its a fun affair too

My hubby took this pic when went out for lunch

This is a lovely satin top in a shade of mauve..

I teamed it with little touches of white here and there

The neckline has little weave of white and mauve strips..

Tiny sequins adorn the chest..

Single line lace define the edge of sleeve..

The white stitched in place belt with crochet flower just completes it..

Hope you all like it as much as I enjoy wearing it..

See you all tomorrow..

Me Made May 2016: Day 2

Hi Everyone!

Am really thrilled to see so many people watching this post..

Thank you for your time and appreciation!

 Today is 2nd May

And my today's outfit is this

I sew a semi-patiyala salwar (the lower garment). This garment was originally designed and popular in Punjab state of India. The name comes from the place called Patiyala. Though now it is a very popular lowers wore by most of India and its neighboring countries.

Owing to its versatile use, it has gained popularity amongst all age groups.

Here I have teamed it with a Lycra sleeveless T-shirt  and a stole.

One can wear it with long or short kurtas or may be even boyfriend's shirt and belt..

Shall meet you tomorrow again..

Me Made May 2016 :Day1

Hi Everybody!

As you know by now that am participating in Zoe's Me Made May 2016 for the first time, to showcase my own made garments for the complete month of May 2016.

I started sewing for myself sometime in my college life,say, sixteen or seventeen years back. Since then I have sewn many garments for myself. Now am married with two kids, and it gives me immense pleasure to sew for them and also for home.

As I said I shall share one me sewn garment each day, here is

Day 1

This top has a bohemian look!

It is made from silk fabric rescued from my mother's discarded silk saree. The asymmetric sleeves add fun to the outfit.

See you tomorrow!

ME MADE MAY 2016! Am participating

I AM PARTICIPATING IN

ME-MADE-MAY 2016 COMPETITION

where in

I pledged to wear at least one me-made garment each day for the complete month of May 2016.

I shall share the pictures with you all on my blog and pinterst.

Hope you all will like it

SEASON's GREETINGS! CARD MAKING by my kids

 As the last term examinations finished and new school session yet to begin my kids at home pester me with the question "What shall we craft today ?"

So I helped them make their first greeting cards

Very cute and loving

We started with card paper or thick chart paper...

Cut them to card size...

Folded them...

Faintly drew the margins..

Sketched simple figures like kite, chick, fish...

Drew some appropriate background to the figures...

 

Adhrit and Aarotrika were too excited to make these card.

They coloured the cards...

And I taught them shading figures...

Then they added dark outlines to the main figures...

 

My kids also added a line of black and  gold each at the margin...

I cut the open edges of the cards using crafts scissors...

Fancy, right?

 

Each one of them are happy, bright, sweet, innocent and bring cheer...

 

Instead of making covered envelopes for the cards,

I simply cut strips of paper which I wound round  the width of the card glued the ends of strip...

Now one shall have to tear open the paper band to view the card...

SEASON'S GREETINGS TO YOU ALL!

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TRIBAL PAINTING ON WOODEN SPOONS

Hi Everybody! Here is something I made some time back, but missed posting it on my blog. They look pretty on my dining room wall now..

 

I got inspired by the various knick-knacks I saw in a fair, Milan Mela Kolkata-2015. Here is a picture of the same.

 

After the visit to the fair, the very next day I dug out these wooden spoons from the store and decided to paint them..

 

Though I ended up painting in my own style after all, Am happy with the results.

I used acrylic paints here..

This picture is just before the final touches..

 

Here is the finished painting

 The painting has sky, water, birds, animal, vegetation, cycles of day and night and human in harmony with nature..

 

I have hung the pair on the wall next to my dining area. They look pretty.

Hope you all like them...  

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Easy Delicious VEGETARIAN MAYONNAISE WITHOUT EGG!

With festive season round the corner, holidays afore and house full of dear ones; a homemaker needs quick fixes, store supplies and yet present delicious food.

Here i have for you a very easy and simple Mayonnaise recipe WITHOUT EGGS.

I made it tasting a bit at a time and adding ingredients

So here is what I did

 

Ingredients

• Refined white flour (maida)           3 tablespoons
• Butter                                          50 grams
• Milk                                             2 and 1/2 cups
• Salt                                             1 generous pinch
• Sugar                                           2 tablespoons
• White vinegar                               3 tablespoons

Method

Take a heavy bottom utensil and let the butter soften in it. Mix it or rather mash it well with the flour to make a smooth paste.

Now put the utensil on medium flame. Don't fry the flour to brown shade. Instead if you want white mayonnaise start adding milk to it little a time and continuously keep whisking the bubbling boiling mix. Once the all the milk is used up and you feel the consistency is right, take the utensil away from the heat.

Let it cool down

Gradually add in salt, sugar and vinegar to it and mix well

Taste it and you can improvise upon it as per your own taste.

VEGETARIAN MAYONNAISE IS READY

Note: While the utensil is on flame keep whisking continuously to avoid lumps in your mayonnaise

Variations

This is a very interesting part. You can make any kind of spread or dip with this basic mayonnaise by adding a little twist, such as:

1. Add a little tomato sauce as per your taste or wish for colour to get a pinkish tangy mayo
2. Add a little mustard paste or kasundi to get the heat of mustard
3. Add melted cheese of your choice
4. Add assorted fine chopped herbs
5. Add assorted fine sliced/chopped vegetables and/or fruits (the picture given bellow has pomegranates, lettuce leaves and pink onion chopped)
6. Add a crushed garlic clove for a little Mediterranean taste
7. Go non-vegetarian by adding shredded boiled chicken or mashed boiled egg or fish. Go grab your sandwich
8. and many more from your imagination  

Advantages
It stays well if kept in refrigerator in an air tight container  for a week or more
It has far less calories than egg mayonnaise or fresh cream

It has longer shelf life than egg mayonnaise

I tried this in number of occasions with friends and family, and they loved it

Now you try it

You will surely love it

Enjoy!

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