Home Is Where The Heart Is..

...One of my favorite sentences. It makes me miss home and my loved ones.

When the 'Make it Dimensional' Challenge was announced, it immediately reminded me of My Delightful Crinoline Lady. I wanted to create something that portrayed my feeling. But lack of time kept me behind and I could not initiate the project. But then I had to do it any how. 

I bid goodbye to the lady and placed a house and a tree full of double wrap loose french knots. The pink flocked beads and felts are from Itsy Bitsy Store in Delhi.  

A little bit of gardening in the front yard would have been great but time was running out. I started this piece last Tuesday. So, this was all that I could complete in a week. Wish I had a few more days in hand...;)

Raised cup stitch with beads in the center

Here I used needle woven picot stitch for the leaves. To make the trunk I used bunch of treads, wrapped it with brown thread and couched it in the fabric.     

The most tiring part...the french knots. I used two layer of felt and one layer of flexible foam padding to make the tree pop off the fabric.

I will definitely grow a garden in the front yard by adding bits and pieces whenever i get time :)  

But for now, I am linking it to the following challenge :)

Itsy Bitsy India - Make it 3 dimensional (http://itsybitsyindia.blogspot.in/2012/10/the-itsybitsy-make-it-dimensional.html)

The Finished Kit

Finished the Kit...:) Had great fun doing it!!!

I am teaching myself to crochet...:) I will keep it for the next post..

My Delightful Crinoline Lady!!

Hello Friends!!!! For the past many days I was planning to make a post about this lovely crinoline lady, but didn't. But right after I saw Deepa’s post I was determined to write about what I have finished and what I am working on right now. Deepa you are true inspiration!!

The pattern is from here.

And the kit!! It’s almost done see!!!

Will be back soon after I finish it..

I am a winner.....

Ohhh it’s such a nice feeling to win.. I know I am late…:( but better late than never!! Deepa thanks a lot once again for the lovely embroidery kit. I am dying to start it, but before that I need to wind up another project.

The kit that I won

Partial views of the project that I am working at present. I am not sure if I should fill the raised cups. What do you think? Should I feel the cups????...:)

Will be back soon after I complete this piece.

A small post....

...about hankies..made for my mom a few months ago. I took the pictures after she has already used it. Thus, a bit of stain is visible. This pattern is from an embroidery book.









The next pattern is by doe-c-doe. I made one in each corner of the hanky.

Will be back soon..:)

The force behind my creativity

There comes a point in your life when you don’t feel like doing anything but just flow with the rhythm of life. You eat, drink, sleep and yes go to work as well just for the reason that you need to be in this world. Well, I guess I was going through that phase of my life. Thus, I was far from the blogging world for so long. Anyway, let’s leave this aside and focus on today's post. This is indeed a special post dedicated to my grandmother, my mentor.

Below two are wall hangings that she machine embroidered many years back. She had her own teaching center then. Many of her students today run their own venture. She does not remember exactly when she made them and she cannot embroider currently either. But she has well treasured these old pieces and loves to flaunt them.

Will be back very soooooooon...

Crayon Tinting

Helooo everyone....

This time its crayon tinting. Since i don't get much time to work on large embroidery piece..i like to keep them small and simple. This helps me avoid piling up my unfinished projects. Know about how to do crayon tinting at http://pimpstitch.typepad.com/blog/2008/09/tutorial-monday-crayon-tinting.html

So, folks…make some good use of those old, not in use crayons of your children (I used mine :P) and make some easy and colourful embroidery…

Love...
Anu