Zardosi Work on Dress

Zardosi work on dress and Saree's are a blooming trend now a days. So why don't we try out some on our dress or Saree's. If you are new to doing this Zardosi work you can get a book for designs and know how to make it. You'll need some small beads, sequins, silver or golden or colourful spring wires, the thread to use for Zardosi work will be the jewelery making thread as its thick.

You can even make a frame work of Zardosi work as I did. You can check out the previous post of learning Zardosi work - The Dancing Peacock.

Get some designs and learn to make Zardosi and try it out on your own clothes and be proud to wear it.

Here is the one I tried out. It took a lot of time for me to complete, but I am very excited with the outcome.

This is the neckline work with some embroidery.



The continuation of neckline work.



The completed work on dress.

Jute Material Craft - Making Mobile Cover

Making Mobile cover with jute material. Sounds interesting right!! Yes making this Mobile cover was interesting for me. Its after a long time I did something by sewing. It was quite interesting and I was very excited when I saw this simple little mobile cover ready. This was simple to do.

All you need is a rectangular piece of jute cloth OR you can even cut a piece of waste sack if you have. Then stitch two sides of it by sewing it leave some space in the top for the cover. Get a lace for the handle and stitch it along.

This is how you can get a simple handmade mobile cover. Handmade are always beautiful as you can make anything using your imagination.

Here is the one I made, I used waste sack and colour it using fabric colour. and decorate it with some sequins and try keeping it simple.

Cross Stitch - The Peacock

This is my new work on Cross Stitch. In my earlier blog Creating Humming bird cross stitch art is shown where you can learn how to make Cross Stitch designs.

You can get lot of designs from any Art store. So get your favourite designs and start making cross stitch. Its fun, easy and the outcome is too good.

Here is the new one I made.

Ice Cream Sticks Craft

Craft made of Ice cream stick is a common art. Kids are more found of this as its fun. You can made lot of different things out of ice cream sticks like a house, wall hangings, basket, pen stand etc.

To make ice cream sticks craft you just need is lot of sticks and good imagination to make some craft out of it.

Here is a house of ice creams sticks and you will need around 100 sticks to make it some beautiful lace, thermocol balls, small dolls and other decorative materials.

Just apply glue on the sticks and make wall hangings or house or anything you wanna make out of it.

This is one I made. My dream Home.

Embroidery Design on Cloth

Embroidery is a beautiful handicraft sewn on fabric or garment with colored threads and create a beautiful design. Embroidery can be by hand or machine.

Embroidery can be done on any kind of fabric. You can design your own dress, curtains, bedsheets, cushion covers, towels, Saree's, etc.

There are different varieties of embroidery stitches and lots of different designs. You can get these designs from anywhere in art store. A book can help to to learn different embroidery designs.

Here I did "Long Stitch" embroidery work on a kurta. I just used in this design is long stitches i.e. draw a design you like on fabric and take out any thread colour of your choice take the needle and thread inside from one end and then take it out from one end. You should use an embroidery ring so that the cloth will hold tight on it and the design can me made in a more neat and proper way. In this way do this stitches evenly on the design.

Here is the one made by me.



Using some decorative beads or any other decorative items on the embroidery.

Colourful Rangoli for Diwali

Happy Diwali to all my friends. Friends its Diwali time and everywhere you can see lights and crackers as Diwali is known as the "Festival of Lights". We celebrate Diwali by lighting diya, candles, bursting crackers.

Diwali is a festival of sweets, firecrackers, lights and of course the decorations. Not only decorating homes but even the streets, markets and all possible places are decorated with many lights and other Diwali decorations.

Diwali is decorated mainly with Diyas, Hangings, Rangolis, Lights and lamps.

To say about rangoli the whole Diwali time you can find rangoli drawn outside each and every house, shops and even people selling Rangoli powders gives a demo of Rangoli designs.

Here is the Rangoli I did in my office.





This one is Rangoli using "Tandul". This means rangoli using rice, grains, peas, spice powders, pulses, Dal.

Painting a Banyan Leaf

Painting on a banyan leaf is a different painting many of you might have heard of this. It will take a bit time to get the leaf into complete Net condition only with veins on them. I did soak at least 7 leaves and i got only 2 leaves properly out of it as some of them were in a bad condition.

How to make:
1. First of all you need some 2-3 banyan leaves and soak them in water for around 20 days.

2. After 20 days u can see the veins of leaves and other waste aside from the leaves.

3. Now wash the leave carefully in different water and remove all the waste from the leaves very carefully. Do it very slowly and carefully as there are chances of the leaves getting damaged.

4. After washing it and taking out properly you can see just the veins of leaves.

5. Now start painting your imagination on the leaves carefully using some 0-2 number brush.

6. The outcome of leaf painting is really beautiful.

Here is one of my creation.