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.

Necklaces Using Beads & Crystals

I finished these necklaces sometime back & just got time today to upload them for your view.

Beading is one hobby which gives me great pleasure and a sense of contentment.
Beading work requires great skill and imagination.

 Top one : This spiral rope chain design looks like a complicated one. But really it is very easy.
The only thing we have to do is choosing right bead and good color combination.
The thread should be very thin.
It has to pass through beads several times to do spiral rope.
It is very important to choose thread/wire accordingly.

Next important point is needle.
The needle should be very very thin.
Its eyes should be just right to thread the wire.

Things needed :
seed beads
pearl
bugle beads
crystals
nylon wire
needle size 12
clasps or hooks
scissors

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

Bangle & Bracelet

 I made these Bracelet & Bangle Using Russian Spiral Beading Method.

I've made several bracelets,necklaces & anklets using Spiral Rope Chain Method.

Beading is one hobby which gives me great pleasure and a sense of contentment.
Beading work requires great skill and imagination.

This spiral rope chain design looks like a complicated one. But really it is very easy.
The only thing we have to do is choosing right bead and good color combination.
The thread should be very thin.
It has to pass through beads several times to do spiral rope.
It is very important to choose thread/wire accordingly.

Next important point is needle.
The needle should be very very thin.
Its eyes should be just right to thread the wire.

Things needed :
beads
nylon wire
needle size 12
clasps or hooks
scissors

Cross Stitch Designs

Cross Stitch : Counted cross stitch is done on an evenweave fabric called matte cloth wherein holes are present at regular intervals. The threads and number of strands are chosen according to the design.
The size of the needle depends on the size of the holes in the matte cloth.

Things needed :
Needle
Anchor or DMC skeins
Pattern with color code
Scissors
Embroidery ring

It is always advisable to start doing cross stitch from center point of the pattern.
The way of making each cross stitch should be done uniformly in one direction or in the same way.
The tension should be uniform and not too tight or too loose.
After finishing the work wash the finished cross stitch work using a mild soap water.
Then stitch with lining cloth.

I got this squirrel design from a needle work book that I took from British Library, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

The color pattern was there for only the upper side. I made mirror image of it at the bottom. 

The pattern for border is taken from various sources.

Only the shades of blue is used in this entire cross stitch design.

This one also just like the previous one wherein mirror images are tried.

Here also Anchor skeins of only blue shades have been used.

This cross stitch design is done by my daughter. The hedgehog is done on a matte cloth.

It is mounted at the center of an old invitation card and made thread work on the card.

This leaves and flower design are done on a matte cloth by my daughter.

It is mounted on an old invitation.

Reverse Glass Painting

These paintings are done by my dear daughter during her school days.

A person working with my husband who is good at doing these glass paintings taught her from scratch.

Things needed :

Plain glass 4 mm thick

Picture, any cartoon character, flowers, trees, funny animal drawings

craft paints or enamel paints of many colors

black enamel or crafty paints

silver or gold foils [ comes wrapping chocolates ]

paint brush of very thin bristles and also other sizes.

The figure to be painted is chosen first.

It is traced on a tracing sheet.

The glass painting is to be done on reverse side of a glass. So the picture has to be reversed.

The figure traced on the sheet is darkened on the other side [ or bottom side ].

Now this reversed picture is stuck under the glass.

First outlines are made with black crafty paints or crafty paint liners.

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.