Thread Work - Peacock - Blue

Things needed :

Old invitation card

needle size 10 or 11

embroidery  silk thread

syringe or pins to make holes on card

scissor

thermacole

measuring scale

pencil

compass to draw circles

I have taken an invitation card and used the wrong side to do this embroidery.

First measured the length and breadth of the card using a scale.

Margins are drawn using a scale and pencil.

Then fixed the center point of the card.

I made this peacock sketch from an embroidery work. Then did the thread work on the card.

I pricked holes over the card by keeping it on a thermacol sheet using a syringe.

The holes has to be carefully made at regular intervals along the drawing line.

I have used machine embroidery silk thread and size 10 needle.

Done the stitching with single thread only.

The tension to be uniform to get desired result. 

Thread Work - Floral Design

I made this card with Embroidery thread.

Here I tried Circular Geometrical Design.

Things needed :
Old invitation card
needle size 10 or 11
embroidery  silk thread
syringe or pins to make holes on card
scissor
thermacole
measuring scale
pencil
compass to draw circles

I have taken an invitation card and used the wrong side to do this embroidery.
First measured the length and breadth of the card using a scale.
Margins are drawn using a scale and pencil.

Then fixed the center point of the card.
In the top one made a circle and divided into equal parts.
Then made small circles on all the four corners of the card.
The bottom one is also circle design.
I tried pure string art to do colorful circular border.

I pricked holes over the card by keeping it on a thermacol sheet using a syringe.

The holes has to be carefully made at regular intervals along the drawing line.

I have used machine embroidery silk thread and size 10 needle.

Done the stitching with single thread only.

The tension to be uniform to get desired result. 

Peacock - Thread Work

I tried to embroider a peacock on a card through Thread work.

Things needed :

Old invitation card

needle size 10 or 11

embroidery  silk thread

syringe or pins to make holes on card

scissor

thermacole

measuring scale

pencil

compass to draw circles

I have taken an invitation card and used the wrong side to do this embroidery.

First measured the length and breadth of the card using a scale.

Margins are drawn using a scale and pencil.

Then fixed the center point of the card.

Then made free hand sketching of peacock.

I pricked holes over the card by keeping it on a thermacol sheet using a syringe.

The holes has to be carefully made at regular intervals along the drawing line.

I have used machine embroidery silk thread and size 10 needle.

Done the stitching with single thread only.

The tension to be uniform to get desired result. 

After finishing the embroidery on card pasted it over another invitation card.

Green Butterfky - Thread Work - May 2011

I made this card with Embroidery thread.

Previously I have made a butterfly with black color.
Here tried with more than one color.

Things needed :
Old invitation card
needle size 10 or 11
embroidery  silk thread
syringe or pins to make holes on card
scissor
thermacole
measuring scale
pencil
compass to draw circles

I have taken an invitation card and used the wrong side to do this embroidery.
First measured the length and breadth of the card using a scale.
Margins are drawn using a scale and pencil.

Then fixed the center point of the card.
Then did free hand drawing of a butterfly.
I pricked holes over the card by keeping it on a thermacol sheet using a syringe.
The holes has to be carefully made at regular intervals along the drawing line.
I have used machine embroidery silk thread and size 10 needle.
Done the stitching with single thread only.
The tension to be uniform to get desired result.

I have done border also using embroidery.

Black Butterfly - Thread Work - May 2011

Off late thread work on card fascinates me more than any other creative works.

These works are called Embroidery on card or thread work on card.

It is an adaptation of string art on card with threads.

Things needed :

Machine embroidery silk thread, black color

needle size 10 or 11

disposable syringe to prick holes on card

scissor
thermacole
measuring scale
pencil
compass to draw circles

For a long time I wanted to do a butterfly design using this method.

I made free hand drawing on a card.

Pricked holes.

Then I made this beautiful butterfly by thread work using only black color.

This butterfly more or less based on string art.

I tried it on card.

Greeting Card - Thread Work 3

Thread work on card or embroidery on card or String art on card.
This is one of the best methods to utilize the invitation cards and wedding cards.
Some cards are blank on the front page and some have neat backside of the printed invitation.
These cards are suitable to do embroidery.

One more thing has to be seen before choosing a card to do this art.
The designs are made after pricking holes on these cards.
So the cards shouldn't be too thick card board or too thin like paper.

The top one I tried to bring Qutub Minar on card using embroidery.
The bottom one is threads spirographed on circular cards and then pasted on another card.

Things Required :
Old invitation cards
Embroidery silk thread
needle size 10 or 11
long needle to make holes in the card
scissors

Greeting Card - Thread Work 2

Off late thread work on card fascinates me more than any other creative works.

These works are called Embroidery on card or thread work on card.

It is an adaptation of string art on card with threads.

Things needed :

Machine embroidery silk thread, different colors

needle size 10 or 11

disposable syringe to prick holes on card.

The first balloon bunch is an inspiration from an advertisement that came on newspaper.

I made free hand drawing on a card.

Pricked holes.

Then worked through holes with different colors of thread.

Here I wanted to do butterflies. Here I used multi colored embroidery thread.

I made on a card.

Then pasted over an old invitation card.

This is also done on an old invitation card. 

I drew circles first.

Then divided these circles into equal parts. 

then made repetitive designs.

Here also used needle size 10 and silk embroidery threads.

This card is two work combined together.

The center piece is bead work on a cross stitch cloth.

This cloth has been attached on an old invitation.

Maple leaves are drawn along the circumference.

Then filled the surface of the leaves by string art.

Then highlighted the edges also with thread.

Greeting Card - Thread Work

I made this card with Embroidery thread.

Here I tried Geometrical Design.

Things needed :
Old invitation card
needle size 10 or 11
embroidery  silk thread
syringe or pins to make holes on card
scissor
thermacole
measuring scale
pencil
compass to draw circles

I have taken an invitation card and used the wrong side to do this embroidery.
First measured the length and breadth of the card using a scale.
Margins are drawn using a scale and pencil.

Then fixed the center point of the card.
Using a pencil drew a square at the center of the card.
Now marked the center point of the each side of the square.
Then made square of same size at a distance of 1 cm on all four sides of the center square.

Circles are made using a compass at four corners near the margin,

I pricked holes over the card by keeping it on a thermacol sheet using a syringe.
The holes has to be carefully made at regular intervals along the drawing line.
I have used machine embroidery silk thread and size 10 needle.
Done the stitching with single thread only.
The tension to be uniform to get desired result.