Navar Work

Navar work is one of the beautiful stitches with weaving technique. Stitch is simple but very tricky to stitch with silk threads.
Below is the paper clipping  which was published in telugu daily in the year 2001.

Below are the pictures of worked example from the design book I have..

Now I am working on the above design..My trials are going on to get perfect finishing..

This is the Rakhi I made this year with couching method..

Suggestions and comments are most welcom on my trials with navar work..

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

Mogga Kuttu(fly+daisy stitch): Saree Blouse

To match with the design on the saree I pick mogga kuttu for this saree blouse. Mogga means bud and kuttu means stitch. Since the stitch looks like buds locally we call it mogga kuttu. Actually the stitch is a combination of fly stitch and daisy stitch.
I have used 2 strands of silk thread for this stitch.

Trellis Stitch: Kurthi

I  tried trellis stitch as main stitch for the big flower for this kurthi..stitch didn't come well though..a lesson I learnt is I should try the stitch  on a  cloth before working with a project..trellis stitch is bit difficult with cone thread as the thread unravel fast twist easily.
And Navar work for the butterfly and small flower on the neck part..
The other stitches are balloon work, long and short stitch, stem stitch, french knots, herringbone stitch, mogga guttu..
For trellis stitch I have used cone thread and the rest of the stitches are done with silk thread.

Net Work: Kurthi

I did net work on this cotton kurthi. In telugu this stitch is familiar with the name vala kuttu. Vala means net. The stitch is variation of buttonhole stitch.
For the flowers I have used 2 strands of shaded silk thread. Long and short stitch for leaves   with 2 strands of shaded silk thread. Stem stitch for stem.
I started to stitch this dress for me but gifted to my niece when she visited here..it looks best on her.

neck

for sleeves