Free Hand Embroidery Pattern---Flower and Leaves

Hi friend,

Today I am sharing another embroidery pattern with you. This can be used as a corner design. I guess you will get a lot of ideas for embroidering this design. It will look great if simply outlined in chain stitch or you can use filling stitches such as long and short for the flower and satin for the leaves.

This design can also be repeated and used as a center design on table cloths, center pieces, and table mats.

Free Hand Embroidery Pattern --- Bird on a Tree Branch

Hi friends,

Here is a new embroidery pattern. This little birdie pattern can be used especially for redwork. However, you can use it for other types of embroidery or fabric painting.

Please let me know if you use this pattern in any of your projects. I will be happy to post the pictures of your project here on my blog. I have given my e-mail address in my profile. Have a nice day!

Progress on Doily and Neck Design

I have made a little progress on the doily and the neck design projects. I am doing both the projects simultaneously, so that I could make some progress on both. The center flower on the doily is almost finished (but I am having trouble embroidering on the satin fabric), and in the neck design, I am focusing on the blue flowers, hoping to finish them today or tomorrow. Here are the pictures.

Have a happy Monday and a great week ahead!

Can You Guess What Type of Embroidery This Is?

During my trip to Shimla last month, I bought two kameez fabrics. One of these has hand embroidered flowers on the front and around the neck. Can you find the type of embroidery done on this Kameez?

I think most of the readers from India will easily identify it. It is called Kashmiri embroidery or Kasmiri Kashida. Generally, in Kashmiri Embroidery, the whole design is done with a single stitch. It is one of the specialties of Kashmiri embroidery. The design shown in the image is done only with chain stitch. Can you believe it?

Flowers and paisley designs are very common in Kashmiri embroidery. Although I already own some shawls and kameezes decorated with Kashmiri embroidery, I am always attracted to this embroidery wherever I see it.

 

Can you see how intricate are the design and the embroidery? I like the pastel colors used in this design. I guess the whole embroidery is done with variegated threads. My blogger friend Deepa has blogged about Kashmiri embroidery here.

Another Kameez fabric is jute cotton blend with Resham embroidery on it. Resham embroidery is nothing but soft shading or long and short embroidery. Here it is machine embroidered. I love the colors in this embroidery too. Actually, I bought this fabric just for the color combo and of course it has flowers.