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French Knot - Hand Embroidery

French knot stitch is also used widely in Indian embroidery. French knot looks very nice with sequin work.

French knot is best suited for the middle part of flowers. However we can always try variations.

I once made a paper weight for mu husband with only french knot and it indeed ca

me out very attractive.

The below tutorial will show how to do a french knot stitch. If you are not able to understand, please leave a comment, I will surely reach out to you with more details:

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Pistil Stitch - Hand Embroidery

Pistil stitch is a french knot with an a long tail. It is widely used in Indian Embroidery, mostly while working on flowers.

A step by step tutorial as under:

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wrap the threat 2 times around the needle

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Hold the threat by your left hand till the entire strand pass through the knot.

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Sorry for this image :)

Pistil Stitch Flower:

Herringbone Stitch

Herringbone stitch is a very simple stitch.

When herrigbone stitch is use in a curve design, the re

sult is more attractive than doing it on a parallel line.

The pictures below will describe the sequence step by step to do herring

bone.If anybody needs more details, please writeto me.

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I guess !! :)

I guess I am trying to behave busy or rather I am actually always on the run.
I love anything which is creative and for a person like me, if I have to spend 14 hours working / travelling every single day. I guess the recipe is a disaster. :)
So, to conclude I am a disaster :)
Happy New Year!!

Hand Embroidery - Pearl Stitch Tutorial

Pearl Stitch has been always one of my favourite hand embroidery stitch types. I had noticed this stitch when I was a kid on an embroidery, which one of my sister-in- law was working on. I was amazed at the look and feel of the stitch. There was no google when I was growing up :(, so self learning was very difficult. Inspite of trying my hand at this stitch many times, I could never got it right then :). Now as I am all grown up and with the help of google, I have learnt the right way of pearl stitch. A small tutorial for newbies in hand embroidery. Write to me in case if you need more help:

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