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

Doilies

Pictures of the embroidery done on doilies which were sent by my kind blogger friend Gina from Australia..
She send many more stamped linens but could not complete them all..:(

You can see close up of the stitches here in my earlier post. For this doily I have used bullion knots, portuguese knotted stem stitch, buttonhole stitch,  bullion tipped daisy stitch and french knots

This is the second doily. For the flower I have used mogga kuttu ie fly+daisy stitch. For leaves I have used bullion tipped daisy stitch. Stem stitch and french knots are the other stitches.

 Fly stitch is for boxes and half anklet for border.

 completed second doily.

 I tried oyster stitch for flowers which is in red. But for the rest of the flowers I chose mogga kuttu. Leaves are done with oyster stitch. Stem stitch for stems.

For the boxes I selected buttonhole stitch.
French knots are done in the centre of the flowers. Stem stitch for stems.

This is the completed 3rd doily.

 For the 4th doily I have used french knots.

 I love the cute tiny leaves done with bullion tipped daisy stitch. Stem stitch is for stems.

This is the 4th doily.












If you were asked to chose your favourite which one you pick??