March 31, 2011
I had posted a red ikat tunic here.
The yoke was taken from this old tunic.
Fabric-black mangalagiri cotton with red border[seen on yoke]
Pattern-simple geometrical pattern.
Embroidery-the main show is mirrorwork, spaces filled with straight and herringbone stitches.
black mirrorwork-1
black mirrorwork closeup
I wore a red block printed[in black] salwar for this tunic.
Mangalagiri cotton was so soft,even being black,it felt cool in summer.
March 30, 2011
Once I saw a fully embroidered designer coat on a magazine. The stitch was mainly padded satin. though I wanted to do that immediately on a tunic, being wary, decided to do a small motif.
Fabric- Mercerised ikat cotton in blue and pink.
Pattern- a small traditional Indian motif.
Embroidery-Stem stitch,satin stitch for leaves and padded satin for flowers.
bluepink ikat tunic
The flowers would have looked better, if I had used a thread with sheen.
bluepink-closeup
March 29, 2011
This is the 25th week stitch of the stitch challenge TAST2010 by Sharon.B
Here are the pictures of my Vandyke stitch sampler-
vandyke st sampler-1
vandyke st sampler-2
vandyke st sampler-3
This stitch sampler is 15 inches long.
March 28, 2011
This is the 25th week stitch of the stitch challenge TAST2010 by Sharon.B.
These variations are embellished.
7a.continous beads on top and alternate beads at the bottom, two variations tried in one row.Hurray!
7b.Individual Vandyke stitches intercepted with bugle beads.
7c. the stitches are laced with rimjim thread.
7d.three Vandyke stitches done diagonally.they are not done properly ,maybe Iam getting tired.
7e.some more variations with diagonally done Vandyke stitches.
vandyke -7a,7b,7c
With these I have finished my expeiments with Vandyke stitches .
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March 27, 2011
This is the 25th week stitch of the stitch challenge TAST2010 by Sharon.B.
The next three variations-
6a.First a row of Vandyke stitches in green, over them a row of Vandyke stitches in between them in pink.
6b.the Vandyke stitches are ambellished with buttonhole, and another stitch[the name is not coming to the mind now!] these relapses happen!
6c. here the Vandyke stitches are paired with chain stitches.
vandyke st-6a,6b.6c
Last set of variations to come.
March 26, 2011
This is the 25th week stitch of the stitch challenge TAST2010 by Sharon.B.
Another set of variations-
5a. I varied the height only on the top, in this row.
5b.Another variation is done, writing about this sequence would be very long!
5c.two Vandyke stitches are facing each other, and in two different threads too.
VANDYKE ST-5A,5B,5C
Just some more variations.
March 25, 2011
This is the 25th week stitch of the stitch challenge TAST2010 by Sharon.B.
The next set of variations-
4a. I tried curving the vandyke stitches[a small secret, I had to go through the fabric at some places to maintain the curve]
4b. A row of three small stitches and one long stitch.
4c. Vandyke stitches are of varying heights.
If beads are added In these three variations, they’ll look great.
vandyke st-4a,4b,4c
A few more variations to go.
March 24, 2011
This is the 25th week stitch of the stitch challenge TAST2010 by Sharon.B.
The third set of variations-
3a.the Vandyke stitches go up and down on this row.
3b.the Vandyke stitches are worked on a curve.
3c. the same long and short Vandyke stitches are done with two stitches together, the last few stitches have a mind of there own towards the end.LOL!
vandyke st-3a,3b,3c
Another set of Vandyke stitch variations
March 23, 2011
This is the 25th week stitch of the stitch challenge TAST2010 by Sharon.B.
The next set of variations-
2a.the Vandyke stitches are worked on a row of long and short stitches
2b.here the Vandyke stitches are worked towards the top, making the bottom longer.
2c. the Vandyke stitches are worked on two rows of intercepting stitches.
vandyke st-2a,2b,2c
A few more variations are there.
March 22, 2011
This is the 25th week stitch of the stitch challenge TAST2010 by Sharon.B.
Iam sharing the variations I have tried of this stitch-
1a.this row I learnt how to work this stitch.
1b.the stitches worked are quite long.
1c the stitches are short and the thread used is thick in this row.
vandyke stitch-1a,1b,1c
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