Hi everybody....

Hi everybody......Advanced wishes for Tamil New Year. I am getting back to almost normal and my knee pain is much much better. I have started doing embroidery stitching and beaded jewelry too. I am posting  my works now....

This is Balloon frock I stitched for my sweet little Angel..

Some of my embroidery works which I did for Framing.

Hi Everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi all, I am now far far better and started sewing too.I am, as I told earlier, madly into beading and did a lot or earrings and I am posting some for your viewing...I stitched a frock too for my Grand daughter and planning to stitch more.

Some of my beaded earrings..

Some more....

Now the frock...

Will soon post more in the coming days..My Husband and I are leaving to the US this month end and I am so happy and excited to be with my Children and grand children soon.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Hi everybody, there wasn't much activity for the last two years due my health problems. Things are getting better now and hopefully I will be able to share something with you all this year. I am now madly into beading as it involves no stitching. I got hooked to this new hobby and did quite a lot of earrings and a few bracelets.

                      WISH YOU ALL A VERY  HAPPY NEW YEAR

After a very long break

Hi everybody.... I literally did not do any embroidery or sewing all these days(months) as I am suffering from severe knee pain..I am undergoing treatment and now I feel a little better. I am into beading nowadays and doing seed bead jewellery. As this requires no sitting in the sewing machine I am into this new Hobby.I sit in my bed with my leg stretched and that way I am comfortable doing beading.Here are a few items which I made  and I am happy to share it with you all.

Santa Earrings for my Grand daughter

The Christmas tree earrings is also for her and the earring component is yet to be added.

This a brace let made using Bead Loom, which my daughter got it from Beadalon and it is very easy to work with.

This also bracelets and I made it from a YouTube Tutorial.

I have made many projects and I have yet to take the picture. Will post it soon

Framed Peacock Embroidery

I completed this embroidery in the US and gifted it to my Daughter in law.

With the spot light on...

Hi Everybody!!!

A big HI to all my followers and for all who are visiting my Blog. I am back in Chennai and settled in my home. It is a year now since we left and cleaning the house was a big task.It took almost 10 days to clean it thoroughly.I don't have any domestic help and I prefer it that way. I am suffering from knee pain for the last six months and now I am taking Ayurvedic treatment for that. Due to that I have not started any new project. I have some in-completed project and wanted to finish them first. In between I am planning to do some quilling and beaded jewelry.. See  you all soon with some good beaded jewelry and some quilled creations.

Our Little Princess

This is my very cute grand daughter Tara proudly wearing her Birth day dress...

Bracelets

It has been along long time since I sat in front of the computer.We moved to a new house and it was really hectic for at least 15 days starting from November 1st.I totally forgot about wishing you all for the Deepavali too.I am so sorry about that.Our Deepavali was in the new house amidst Boxes and I just made Kheer and cooked a simple lunch.That itself was a himalayan task for me as the house was in a big mess.The house came to somewhat normal after 15 days and the kitchen was fully set and that was a big relief for me. The kids started going to school and again the routine started.My daughter's exam is on 11th of December and we all will heave a sigh of relief.I was not able to devote much time for my hobbies,still I  tried to do a little embroidery,that too in installments.I finished the multi color embroidery which I started long  back. And also managed to do some quilling and beaded jewellery too.

My daughter wanted to gift something to two of her close friends cum colleague and was looking for something good.So I told her I will make some beaded jewellery.I learnt this bracelet form You tube and was really happy when I finished it.It came out well and my daughter too liked it.

Russian Leaf Earring

I saw the vedio of this Russian Leaf earring  and was totally impressed by this video. It is very explanatory and I wanted to share it with you all.Not up to the mark,but I am happy I gave it a try. The beads are not very even and so it is not very perfect.I will try one more and make it perfect.

B'Day Dress

I am sewing after along long time and this is for my sweet little grand daughter for her B'Day. The Blue cloth I brought from India and the lace my daughter bought it in a fabric store here in the US.
The white one we bought it as bits and the matching lace in the same store.The lace was a little bit stiff and so I did not sew it in the bottom of the transparent materisl as it hampered the flow of the material.Nothing was planned and I when I sat down to measure and cut,I decided on the design..And I am happy about the way it evolved...The B'Day is this weekend and she loves both the frocks..Just waiting for the D-Day for her to wear this dress.Will post the photos of my grand daughter donning after that..

Quilled Peacock

As I am becoming crazy over this art,whatever the thing is, I see it through my quilling eyes..And this Peacock was an inspiration for sure.This is a purse charm my daughter had and here I tried the same in quilling. I am planning to frame this and confused over the base sheet colour.Nothing seems to enhance the Peacock..

One more Earring

I am going crazy over quilling and wanted to keep on trying out different things with my paper strips.My daughter got me some tools for me and I wanted to do earrings again. And here it is.

My daughter loves doing flowers in Clay and that too miniatures.She did this Hydrangea and I did the pot to hold that in Quilling. Miniatures are always a thing of beauty and it is beautiful too:D

Lovely Quilling tool from Little Circles

I am now going crazy over quilling and especially Jewellery. I was browsing the net for more ideas and bumped into this site.This will come very handy when we want to  make bigger circles or tear drops for the earring and pendant set.I did this with construction paper and didn't use the quilling paper strips.More over the tutorial has the tool made for 5" circumference  to 1/2 "(in steps of 1/2")  .But I made just 5" to 2" only(in steps of one inch).I am planning to make one more with 4 1/2" to 1/2". I preffered it this way.Thanks a lot Little Circles for sharing this lovely tool tutorial. On top of the circles we have to stick a clear cellophone tape for the quilling paper to easily glide out after rolling.

Tissue paper roll

This  piece of craft I saw in the net.When I saw the picture I thought it was some grill work made out of flat iron rod. But when I read the discription I was stunned,as it was just a flimsy card board roll. As I am in the US,where people use lots of tissue paper, it was easy for me to collect them. So I tried a small piece of this art.WOW! It was so beautiful and easy too.Planning to make a really big one very soon. Once I  complete that I will surely share with you all.

Pearl Set

I made this Pearl set for my daughter-in law.She wanted it a bit longer and not a choker. So I added  a small length of silver chain with closure to it. She liked it very much and I am happy it came out well too. I learnt this from the You Tube and the tutorial is really very good.

Quilled Earring

I tried one more earring in Quilling. My daughter wanted a matching one for a new dress and fortunately the colours were there in the quilling strips I had at home. I used Mod Podge as a sealent and gloss. This makes the paper stiff and shining. Last time I used acrylic gloss paint for the previous earring.

Quilled Earring

I tried this one using the comb method and though it is not very good,I am happy that I am able to complete a project.

My First attempt in Paper Quilling!

A big Hi to all my blog viewers. It has been a very long break, as I am busy with my grand children, and also because of my health,which is also not so good .I have been suffering from joint pain for the past six months and now I feel a little better with the Suppliments I am taking.I am happy that I am able to do at least a little bit of craft.I made some beaded Jewellery too which I will post next.My daughter took me to a bead show and it is awhole new world.I was very excited and bought some beads too.Once I do some Jewellery I will post them.

This is my first attempt in Quilling and I am happy to share it with you all.

See you all with some more good craft projects.

Finished Peacock

Finally I finished this piece of embroidery after a long long time. I really felt bad for not completing this earlier.From last September my health was not that good and in Feb this year I came to the US and because of the winter here I had severe joint pain and till now it is not fully gone.Anyway I managed to sit  and finish this Peacock.Though it is not perfect, I am happy I completed it.I finished the border sequins first as I was in a hurry to see the effect of that as a border.And It was a BIG mistake as the filling of the remaining part of the feather became very difficult as the thread caught in the sequins for every single stitch.The lesson I learnt is I should do the body first and then the border.
This is gift for my son and daughter-in -law for their new house.

Paper Basket

I keep browsing the net for crafts(any kind) whenever I have free time.Due to my joint pain(blame it on the weather) I am not able to do any embroidery. So just keep on looking for some form of crafts in the net and I bumped into tutorial.The end result was so inspiring I started to make this basket.I have to do glue painting to make it stiff and finish it with colouring.

You can see the paper rolls in the back.

 this is exactly like weaving a Wicker basket, and the result after painting will be exactly like that. The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsBEv-sdEm0.There are lots of tutorial available in the you tube.Enjoy!