Kamal Kadai Work

Hi,

Here’s my New Year Gift for u , tutorial of the beautiful Kamal Kadai work…….

Before actually getting into the tutorial part lemme talk some basics of the kamal work …

 

Kamal Kadai Work – the basics…

Kamal Kadai , a beautiful thread magic from Indian Embroidery, originated from Andhra Pradesh. It has a 3D effect. Needle weaving is the basic stitching technique used. Any surface embroidery stitches can be used for embellishment with kamal kadai work.

Thread

A special kind of thread called Cone thread is used for kamal kadai work. It is a bit thick thread which gives a 3D effect for the work.

The problem with this thread is that it gets twisted easily…so be careful .

Fabric

Any type of fabric can be used. I tried on all sorts of fabrics.

Pattern

The thread and fabric is ready, now a pattern is needed. It is really easy to create a pattern for this work. But for the trial outs u need a pattern.

I got this pattern from internet, but now I couldn’t recollect the path I am sorry….

Thank u for that wonderful person who uploaded this pattern.

If u know the path please lemme know I ll post it here.

So these are basic needs of kamal kadai stitch.

Now be ready to start stitching, I ll be back with a detailed tutorial…

till then

happiness always,

rajis.

Happy 2012…..

Welcome 2012………..

bring us joy, peace and happiness………

 

bye bye 2011…….

Thank u for everything u gave us…. ll miss u…..

My Finished Work

The center part of my table cloth is readyyyyyyyyy….

 

so this is the finished product…

Is it beautiful ???I love it

(see Pattern )

Stitches …..

The middle part is decorated with French Knots.

The heart shape with button hole stitch.

Oval shaped stem of main flower and yellow curly lines of buds with Stem stitch.

Leaves with Herringbone and Fishbone stitch.

Buds with opened fishbone stitch.

Side petals of the main flower with Satin stitch.

Middle part of the main flower with Long and Short stitch.

Three buds with Flat stitch.

So we have studied nine beautiful stitches…..

hope you all have tried it out….

that’s all for now…

ll be back with new stitches and new projects

 

happiness always

rajis.

 

Merry Christmas……

Merry Christmas to alllllll…

One minute Christmas pappa for my cutie pie….

hope u all understood the raw materials used….

All my wishes and prayers for my dear friends…

happiness always,

rajis.

French Knot

French Knot – the last on my table cloth project !
French Knot is used for creating flowers,flower centers etc. it gives an embossed look on fabric. It is really an easy and a beautiful stitch.
Let us see the process..


Step 1 : Take the needle out through the point A





Step 2 : Wrap the thread around the needle once or twice, as shown in the above fig.
Keep in mind : while wrapping, keep the needle close to the fabric.
Step 3 : Gently pull the long thread, to make the twists tight around the needle. (don’t make too tight)



(move the needle backwards if necessary)
Step 4 : Insert the needle at the point A (the same point where u took out the thread), (by keeping the long thread tight), and pull it tight.
Your French knot will look like this….



You may find this knot a bit difficult at the first attempt, but don’t get frustrated, it is very easy, use both hands, left for holding needle and right for thread or vice versa…

Hands on


Hope you all have a happy stitching time…
do inform me about your french knot experience…

plz see one more french knot application here.

happiness always,
rajis.

Flat stitch

Flat Stitch – Next filling stitch on my table cloth…

Flat stitch is somewhat similar to opened fishbone stitch, it is again a good filling stitch, this stitch is also done by dividing the pattern into four parts.

Let us see the process,

The pattern is divided into four parts, you can see four lines L (left line), m1 (middle first), m2(middle second) and R (right).

 

Step 1 : Take the needle out through the line L.

 

Step 2 : Insert the needle at m2 and take it out through R.

 

 

Step 3 : Insert the needle at m1 and take it out through L.

 

So the needle flow is

The finished pattern will look like this..

 

I have left lot of spaces in between each stitch for understanding the stitch flow, when u do make the stitches little more closer.

the wrong side of the stitch will look somewhat like this…

 

Hands on

 

Please try on this beautiful stitch, expecting your valuable comments,

 

happiness always,

rajis.

Opened Fishbone Stitch

Opened Fishbone Stitch , a variation of fishbone stitch used as decorative as well as filling stitch. The difference is that in opened fishbone stitch the petal or the leaf pattern is divided into four parts, instead of a single line, here there is two lines. So the middle stitches fall on these two middle lines.

Let us see the process,

Here I am using a leaf type pattern, and it is divided into four parts. So here you can see four lines L (left line), m1 (middle first), m2 (middle second), and R (right).

 

Step 1 : Take the needle out through the line L.

 

 

Step 2 : Insert the needle at m2 and take it out through m1. ( see the above fig)

 

 

Step 3 : Insert the needle at R and take it out through L

 

continue the process… your end product will look somewhat like this…

 

 

the reverse side of this stitch looks like this…..

 

 

I left a lot of space in between each stitch for understanding, when u do, make the stitches little more closer..

 

Hands on

 

 

I hope u all can try on this beautiful stitch.

happiness always,

rajis.