Knotted Broken Chain Stitch: Kurthi

This is one of my old works. I have done knotted broken chain stitch as main stitch in this project with cone threads.

Cone threads are like rayon threads having good sheen which are suitable to do brazilian embroidery.

 cone threads..2 threads in the right shows how they get tangled and...

this is the solution I found as how to store them..












you can find the tutorial for this stitch in my blog here..

These are the embroidery I did on kurthi..

 bullion tipped daisy stitch with anchor cotton stranded thread, french knots in the centre

 knotted broken chain stitch with anchor stranded cotton thread

 long n short stitch for small flowers

buttonhole stitch for leaves

 herringbone stitch for body part of butterfly, knotted broken chain stitch for wings

Embroidery: for Hankies

I did small embroidery for hankies with different stitches. I did mentioned the stitches used below every picture. Click on the image to get bigger and clear images.

half anklet stitch and french knots

chemanthi stitch and anklet stitch

mount mellick stitch, indian edging stitch and half anklet sttich

bullion stitch and feather stitch

bullion tipped daisy stitch

long & short stitch and couching

up & down feather stitch and french knots

up & downfeather stitch and daisy stitch

stem stitch

pearl knots

Brazilian Embroidery and Dimensional Embroidery

These are some of the Brazilian embroidery which I did some days back..they all done with rayon threads.

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rope stitch for stems, leaf stitch, pistil stitch, bullion stitch

long n short, rope stitch, woven stitch

french knots, bullion stitch

double cast on stitch, french knots

pistil stitch, satin stitch,

pistil stitch, french knots

As I have no plans to work on a particular project and rayon threads are expensive comparing to cone threads I thought to add more Brazilian stitches done with cone threads. They are called as dimensional embroidery.

double cast on stitch, bullion stitch, french knots

bullion stitch, fly stitch

long and short, pistil stitch

cast on stitch, daisy stitch, stem stitch,

buttonhole stitch variation,

bullion tipped daisy stitch, french knots, bullion stitch, buttonhole stitch variation

daisy stitch, feather stitch, bullion stitch, buttonhole stitch variation

bullion stitch, french knots

bullion stitch, double cast on stitch

bullion stitch, french knots, double cast on stitch

bullion stitch done with cone thread

bullion stitch, daisy stitch, french knots

bullion stitch done with rayon thread

brazilian embroidery (orange) and dimensional embroidery(red)..do you find any difference? I didn't any

knotted cast on stitch, buttonhole stitch variation

knotted double cast on stitch, buttonhole stitch variation

buttonhole stitch variations

buttonhole stitch variation

knotted cast on stitch, long and short satin stitch, bullion stitch










To end this I draw a circle around them and did fly stitch. This is for my further reference about Brazilian embroidery

Final piece looks like this after removing and adding some more stitches..