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Sunday, December 29, 2019

earrings

Crafts help to lower your pressure and to bring back peace to your weary soul.. 

How true are these lines.. Feel myself with the blend of colors in my life ..

Friday, December 20, 2019

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Tuesday, December 17, 2019

earrings

when you finish making a product for a sale but you end up keeping them because you love it so much.. One such handcraft is this.. 

Friday, December 13, 2019

weddingbangles

May it be wedding bells or chirstmas bells   the sound brings joy and adds new colors to your wardrobe..  

Happy and excited in making this

Monday, December 9, 2019

jumkaaa

Under your shade shall I find my refugee,
With your hangings shall I find my joy..

Reminds me of my childhood hanging on to the banyan  tree branches and swinging with the breeze.. 


Yellow gold Dangling jumka

Thursday, December 5, 2019

designer kundhan bangles and studs

A wonderful blend of golden beads, stones, khundans and the rich silk threads. This marvel can be matched with silk sarees and designer clothing. 

silk threads history

Silk Thread History (details courtesy:  kreinik.com) 

Since it was first processed in China, silk thread has been used in embroidery for more than 5,000 years. Silk is an animal fiber made from the viscous fluid of the silkworm. Originally, silkworm cocoons were collected from trees. In 2640 B.C., a Chinese Empress discovered that if a silk cocoon was placed in hot water to soften the natural glue or sericin (holds the cocoon together), then a silk cocoon could be unwound and stretched into a long filament. Fo Xi, China's first Emperor, taught the Chinese people to cultivate mulberry trees and raise silkworms.
In the history of needlework, silk was a primary thread for embroidery, used in tapestries and garments, blackwork, and samplers. When the world was at war in the beginning of the 1940's, however, the silk supply literally dried up overnight. Chemical companies developed synthetic fibers commercially, and these fibers replaced silk almost instantly. As a result, for more than fifty years, people have looked upon silk as rare, expensive and delicate.

Today, with the rising interest in natural fibers, embroiderers acknowledge silk for its practical and lustrous qualities. The translucent cellular structure of silk allows it to absorb dyes and to reflect light to a high degree, giving the finished product a pure color and a beautiful luster. When worked in specialty stitches and laid properly, silk has a bright sheen unrivaled by other threads. Due to the different cellular structures of silk and cotton, for example, silk is very smooth while cotton is fuzzy.

Silk also remains lustrous and strong over time, while cotton loses its luster and strength. Archaeologists found that silk in China, buried in tombs for 3,000 years, was the only fiber that remained intact and recognizable. Also, in Sweden, while dredging a channel in the harbor where an old warehouse had burned, black silk skeins buried under mud for 27 years were discovered. After cleaning, they found that the color, strength, and lustre still remained.

Choose silk thread for its unparalleled lustre, texture, and elegance. It adds a richness that raises your needlework to a higher level. Whether used in sampler work, needlepoint, or other techniques, silk threads enable needleworkers to play with light and with textures in their stitchery. It is an affordable thread that is perfect for treasured, keepsake needlework. Its softness, too, makes silk the ultimate in luxurious stitching enjoyment.


I envy these threads and the way they give shine to the designs. 

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

3d paper quilling

Christmas is near and hence I started making few blinds for the tree but unfortunately a friends snatched them and flew to Malaysia..  Couldnt even complete them as planned. 

Wednesday, November 27, 2019

silk threads

emblished silk and thread bangle to match the blue saree and it's matching earing

Purple silk thread earing with beaded threads and emblishes


Red or maroon is a beautiful and strong color that matches any skin tone..  An earring to match it.. 

Friday, March 29, 2019

Fingers and brain

When you crave for a success in life the first thing thats shoulders you as a friend is the brain and fingers..

Brain for thoughts and fingers for action.  

Both of my friends are working and working for a while but I havent been able to put a stand in anything due to lack of time, patience and finances giving me insecurities. 

If not for a success just to keep me moving or pushing on in life I need to keep my friends busy.  And I have been doing multiple things to atleast make it useful for my offspring..

One such is a quiet book.. 

After serious searches for ideas to match his activities I started and finished just one page of it.. 

Takes a while with this hand sewing which I am nt quite comfortable with..

Hope to complete it soon.

Thursday, January 3, 2019

Paper flowers

Waste bits of cotton turned into flowers

Sign board

Hand made woolen name board for a bride decorated with foam flowers..

More in process