Decoration with cotton

 

 

I wonder if people who do not live in the irrigated area really tired of everyone who does live in the arid areas/rain fed area/desert with shifting sand dunes….talking about the Bhiwani district (not now…when I was a kid, I become nostalgic writing this post?)

I have traveled all over India being the air force brat, and I know without a doubt there are truly beautiful areas which rival my beloved Bhiwani district.

But, I am deep down a Haryanvi bagri.  Born in Pune Maharashtra and Bred in All over India.

Right in the heart of arid-area (dadu’s house) .  And irrigated Cotton growing area(nanu’s house).

You see, Bagris have  Bajra.  Khadaris  have wheat. All Haryanvi  have milk.

But, now here in the Bhiwani Distruct  – we too  have Cotton now a days .

Yes, yes, I think we all know what the major use of cotton is?  Don’t we?

I wonder if they get tired of us talking about our Bhiwani farmhouses and our Bhiwani porches.
We have it. Previously all people at nanu’s house used to tease us saying BAGRI with Bajra.

Now our fields got irrigation through canals and lift irrigation,we used to grow cotton, wheat, sugarcane, vegetables all that grow in KHadar area

NOW WE GROW COTTON and   We decorate with it, of course.  :)

 

We decorate with it, of course: We stick long stems in pretty willow and glass vases and add no need of water.ok!.

Then, we place it on our coffee tables in our Living Rooms….

and add…Petty pillows Hand made by me  with a pleasant surrounded area.

 

 then I change the place of cotton filled vase in the corner! How cute!

 At night the small light twinkles on the white cotton  and the cotton changes its colours as well!

 Cotton stick in another recycled vase placed with some utility articles!!!

 Cotton….

xoxox

This morning while preparing churamaa for the breakfast I felt the heat for the first time (as summer begins with May1st first in Haryana) in our Island kitchen, and wondered how women would cook in a traditional kitchen.

Summer now feels tantalizingly close. And with her will come the scorching heat, the tour to our family farm (orchid farm ) and the ‘bilauni’ (Earthen pot used to churn butter and make seet/lassi)  of red lassi /seet /Mattha(The sour pinkish liquid left out after churning the baked milk and extracting fats from it - a tasty and favorite beverage for villagers in Haryana). with missi roti and laal chatani.

churma with kheer

Our house in Haryana isn’t grand and isn’t showy---it’s a quiet little NON-Conventional house with a papri tree across the road from our house. Inside it’s higgledy piggledy floors and concrete beams. It’s the house where we have lived for as long as I can remember—and to me it will always be home; it will always, perhaps for the very reason, hold a magical charm. Its very cool in summer and gives warmth in winter  If you proceed towards kitchen –you can see a skylight above your head. If you open the sliding doors—you will find that they lead you for the upstairs…at night (you can have the  lashes to the stars). This is my favorite room in the house. 

‘Room’ because while it feels barren and bare in winter, come summer it’s all breezy and cool. That is where I sit out and leaf lazily through magazines, where my little granddaughter plays with her doll house and kitchen set. That is where we eat and drink, all cozy looking at cool moon occasionally, that is the nighttime sky. That is where the scene of our family life plays out.

computer room 

my grand daughter posing for photo

This is another corner of our Living room updates to freshen our nest, our true respite where we live and entertain. Conversation and the sound of laughter resonate in our home providing happiness and solace. There's no grand gestures with my décor style and if pressed to describe my style I'd say it's a collected eclectic global feel with a Haryanvi vibe. But since our home is always evolving time will tell. Once late Dr K.M.(former President of our NGO)said ,”o Vimmi how did you plan the architect of this non-conventional house.”

Ant how it's in the consistency of colors and pieces that flow room to room that to me logically blend everything together in my tactile design.

holy Bhagwad-Geeta, cushionss

भोगैश्वर्यप्रसक्तानां तयापहृतचेतसाम् |
व्यवसायात्मिका बुद्धि: समाधौ न विधीयते || 44||
BG 2.44: With their minds deeply attached to worldly pleasures and their intellects bewildered by such things, they are unable to possess the resolute determination for success on the path to God.

Cushions:

I love embroidered cushions  on my sofa,but not any time to embroider them at least these days.... now  

Again, I love change and find it extra fun to create something no one else has. But I'm not free for my leisure activities and spending many hours, just for making cushions is out of question. This is therefore a perfect project for me.

Here's how easy it is:

petals

I used small pieces of left-over fabrics from my sewing projects, cut various flower petals out of buckram pasting(fusible interlining) then laid them one by one on the fabric pieces to fix them with iron and then cut the pasted patels.

Then I sewed them on the cushions to be made like shown in the picture above. finally i made outer lining of the petals with fabric colour.

Do you want to revitalize your living room / home without spending a lot of money? Then the above cushions can be the solution. Cushions are perfect if you want to give your home a makeover without costing much money or requiring a lot of work. New cushions on the couch or armchair can give any room a 1-2-3 makeover. How lovely,quick to make,unique and cheap these cushions are....

XOXO