Lavangam Work: Kurthi

On benarasi silk material I did pistil stitch with 3 strands of anchor cotton thread. For french knots I have used 6 strands of silk threads and 2 strands of silk thread for stem..This is for a kurthi..

Lavangam Work

In telugu pistil stitch is familiar with the name lavangam work. Lavangam is clove in telugu. I have tried many more stitches to make lavangam stitch. Here in this project I have used pistil stitch aka tailed french knots.
The project is on a cotton short kurthi. I have used 4 strands of silk thread for pistil stitch.