I am back home......

I am back home after a long happy six months with my children and grand children.I had very little time for myself as I was busy with the kids as well as the household work while I was in the US.Now that I am back at my place I will find time for my hobby.I am yet to start something fresh.As the house was locked for the entire six months,you can imagine the condition of it.We jointly do the cleaning work and it is quite a tough job ( I don't have any maids as such to help me) Slowly the house is returning to normalcy.
I got some books, laces,ribbons, applique',buttons etc.One of my friend through my blog whose family,I mentioned  earlier in the sewing machine post, gave me a beautiful hoop which can be fixed to a table and an embroidery kit which has two designs packed in one.(I bought some embroidery kit too)I just wanted to share the pics with you all. I get immense pleasure in sharing my art and other related activities.Your comments encourages me to do more and your suggestions are always welcome so that I can improve myself and do better.

Here are some pictures of my lovely treasure....

This is a Christmas tree decoration and WOW!It looks so beautiful.It is made of plastic with a stone in the center.

This is the embroidery  kit which has woolen thread too.I started both and will finish it soon.The smaller one is a thimble(adhesive) which I bought in the Sewing Expo.The longer one in the box is hundred percent cotton needlework fabric.It says 28 count and is white.My daughter bought it in some sale from a craft shop.

These are the laces and buttons and in the middle you can see one more do it yourself embroidery kit which is very small and this too has woolen threads.

This is the hoop and DIY kit my friend gave me.Thank you so much Neethu.....

Embroidery books..The bead embroidery book is really very good

The ribbons and some stencils for Painting.I have been wanting to try painting and embroidery for a longtime.:)

AND... that's it for now.Will come back with a good project soon.

Grand children

I wanted to post this for a  long time now and here are my cute grand children.She is wearing the frock I stitched.The shirt my grandson is wearing is the one I bought from India.The cloth as I told you is been with me for a long time and as soon as my daughter saw that she wanted a frock for Tara and wanted to take a portrait in that.Nice Idea isn't it?

Rishi & Tara

Here is another bundle of energy and a joy to watch.He is always smiling and very people friendly.( my sons son).We are leaving to Florida this weekend for his first B'day and will be with him till mid August.

Tharun

Kundan tops

I finally sat down to do some work which I love most :).I stitched the silk skirt and wanted to do a kundan work top for that.All the materials I brought it from India.I did not plan any design as such and just started with a simple chain stitch and then did the blanket stitch to make squares for the stones to fit in.I have not yet finished the neck and I am planning to do a pendant design too for this.Once I finish the entire tops I will post the  it again.Till then......

Semi circleTops

My daughter bought this tops here in the US and the idea was so good I wanted to share it with everybody.The vertical lines marked is to show where it is stitched for the sides and the horizontal one is for the hip.This is done all around and we can put elastic or a silk ribbon or string to tie it in the front.The material is chiffon and was really beautiful. Try and see.:)

Sewing Machine

My daughter has a brother basic model machine and I was not very comfortable with the speed of that and was looking for some other good one for sometime now.When I went to visit my son in Florida I visited an acquaintance through my blog who also lives in Florida.She and her husband were very nice and courteous to us.We never felt like that we were  meeting them for the first time.She has a Brother machine and it was loaded with features which I couldn't resist.So I was searching the net for a good deal for the same.Last week when we went for shopping I saw that machine in Wal mart and It was in the clearance and WOW! it was a steal.I GOT IT!The machine is very nice and has an extension table too....I tried all the decorative stitches and as usual some are not that good but many are very good and can be used  in dresses as decorative stitches.

Frock

This material has been there for quite sometime and I was waiting to use it the best way possible.Now it was just enough to stitch a frock,and I planned to stitch it.I bought the lace in JoAnn fabrics during the memorial day sale.I will also post the pictures of the laces I bought along with this one.Bought some buttons too.Here I used a square button and I am happy to see the end result.Waiting for your comments as it encourages me a lot.

Back after a long break.

I was really really busy with my grand children and I was not able to do any embroidery.But managed to stitch a frock for my granddaughter TARA.As Deepa wrote in her blog about thrifty moms,I too do the same .Saving all fabric pieces remaining to use in the future.This is one such piece which I stitched for my daughter 6 years back:).After long long time I am stitching a frock.Waiting for your views and comments..I will soon post a picture of the little angel wearing the dress....