Check Mats---

 

Materials:

1 meter of checked 65 cm of plain blue and white , 2 balls each of blue and white mercerised crochet thread, 6 rings of plastic bangles each approximately 4 centimetre in diameter, crochet hook no. 5.

Measurement:

 Each mat 43 cm x 40 cm ( excluding crochet edging) each serviette 30 cm 30 cm

Cut  6 mats fold a thin edge to wrong side of material and on right side

Work a row of dc on all four sides of the mat working Sts close to each other working 3dc in each corner, ss to first dc fasten off.

Next round with white thread and right side of work facing, work 1 dc in each dc of the previous row * 1 ch miss 3 dc, 1 tr. in next dc, ( 1ch, 1tr, 1 ch) 1dbl ( double treble) in same dc as the previous, tr, 4 ch ( 1 dbl tr, 1 ch , 1tr 1ch, 1 tr,) in next dc, 1 ch miss next 3 dc. 1dc in next dc rep from* ending with a ss in first dc fasten off white thread.

Next round:

Join blue thread to 1 ch sp after a dc in previous row and work 1 dc in same ch sp, * ( 2ch, 1 dc in next 1ch sp ) twice. 2 ch, ( 2 tr 2 ch, 2 tr ) twice, 2 ch, ( 2 tr , 2ch, 2 tr ) in next 4 ch sp) ( 2 ch 1 dc in next 1 ch space) 3 times 1 dc in next 1ch sp rep from * on all sides to first dc fasten off.  

The ring :

With white work a row of dc to cover top of the ring.  Working sts closely ( do not break thread ).

 Next row:

Miss first 3 tr, * ( 1 tr, 1 ch 1 tr 1 ch in next tr, 4 ch ( 1 dbl tr, 1 ch, 1 tr, 1 ch, 1 tr ) in next tr, 1 ch miss next 4 tr, 1 dc in next tr miss next 3 tr, rep from * 4 times more, fasten off white.

Next row with blue: join blue thread to first 1ch sp at beg of

xoxo

अपना बैग लेकर बाज़ार जाऐं

The time during which I really should be doing something but am just too unfocused. After all, the celebrations aren't really over. A New Year is on its way. So, all blog posts until then will be from my another blog. I am drinking hot cups of chai, cutting myself a slice of cake, puttering around the house, shifting a painting here and hanging one there, watching a movie or two (Sherlock Holmes was great, Avatar is next) and taking tons of pictures of my everyday with my camera. How are YOU spending your time?

पर्यावरण बचाएं, पहल करें------

पिछले दिनों मिडिया में काफी हो- हल्ला था बंद करो- पोली-बैग बंद करो, पोली-बैग से ये खराबाहूआ- और वो खराबा हूआ। हरियाणा में जिस दिन अखबार में आया कि पोली-बैग बैन हो गये हैं।अगले दिन सचमुच न फलों की रेहङी वाले ने पोली-बैग में फल दिये न ही पंसारी ने सामान में दिया, सोचा अबकी-बार तो सचमुच कुछ कठोर कदम उठे हैं, लगता है पोली-बैग का ज़माना लदने वाला है, यदि भूल-वश कहीं अपना थैला खरिदारी करने जाते समय नहीं ले गये तो बिना खरिदारी करे हीवापिस लौटना पङेगा। पर फिर वही हर दूकान-रेहङी पर पोली-बैग में सामान आसानी से बिना किसीना नुकर के मिल रहा था।

यह बैग मैंने पिछले दिनों बेटी के लिये बनाया....

अपनी पुरानी साड़ी से बनाये उसके सूट के साथ मैच हो गया.

साड़ी से सूट बनाते समय कुछ कतरन बच गई थी ...जिन्हें इस्तेमाल कर यह बड़ा सा शोपिंग बैग बहुत ही सुन्दर बन गया है.
क्मीज और चुन्नी साड़ी की बनाकर उसे मेचिंग चुरिदार से टीम कर दिया और फिर यह बैग....मेचिंग....
अब इतना बड़ा बैग साथ ले जाकर साड़ी खरीदारी का सामान इसमें आसानी से भरें और घर आयें कोई फटने का डर नहीं...

Me made doll.

Project Doll!

Project Doll!

It was our textile class, we have to submit a project (utility article out of waste). After submission all the articles from the whole class will be sold in the fair, we will got the original price of the material , while the profit was supposed to go for charity. i hurriedly went to our main library, search for a craft book for reference, it was scorching heat in the month of May, but library was cool with AC connection in the close sequence room, and the browsing room. It took me 2 hours to found out a big craft book, I go through it standing near the rack itself, and issued it for a week. In those days my parents were in Chandigarh. I was in our Chandigarh house the next day for a week’s holiday. My vacation wrapped up in making the project “DOLL”.The project worked out so fruitful ( I got A grade for it), and beautiful that every body praised for it. As soon as I submitted it to my teacher, she purchased( for Rs 5 )it at once than and there. That is ….No need to put it in “fair stall” for sale.

Now after the coming many years I made so many dolls for my nice-and nephews, children of my friends and relatives, for the children of my neighbors and dear ones. Whenever I was in need of a gift, I always used to make that doll, not only that, I used to have one in advance in my stock for sudden requirement, the cycle lasted for many years.

In the picture above my sister’s son ( he is a doing his computer-engineering these days) is holding the specimen doll, in his hand.
xoxo

my antique sewing box

I bought this gorgeous old sewing box about 35+ years ago, at that time I was studying in Prep in FC College I bought it from my pocket money and took me many, many weeks to pay for. I have treasured what I think is a necessity for a sewing box or must have things for  a sewing box in all these years and today I wanted to show it to you all.

My Janom at the back

The outside of the box is looking a bit more faded than it was when I bought it, although it never was in dusty  condition like it is here when i took its photo. Its handle is ok but its clamps are no more. So can’t able to carry it with the handle, without locking system sometime i use to bind them with rubber bands.  

You can read Stitch magic on Janom

Take a peek inside and you will see it’s filled with an array of wonderful new and very old sewing accessories. There are beautifully carved thread spools, a tape measure, some crochet hooks a needle case,  , a wonderful clamp with a pincushion on top and if you take a closer peek you will see the lacquer work is still as bright and lovely as the day it was new.

Want to see more? Let me lift the things on some of the little accessories, Oh look there are more tools and treasures within. Oh i will show you .some other day........There is also a little penknife a crafter’s cutter which belonged to my father, I keep it in this box so it’s safe.

XOXO

shoping and Stitching

I did lots of shopping and decided to stitch all the dresses at home!

 A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstitching has been naught. William Butler Yeats

rajasthani khadi

Linen

 lizibizi dress material

 Madrass cotton fabric

Unfortunately, no progress at all on my dresses sewing projects. I got sick for a week and then summer came in full force, melting my sewing mojo with the heat. So I’ve been spending the last few days lounging around in front of the fan. How do you get your sewing mojo back after a period of stagnation?

Anyway, I desperately want to sew something yesterday but cutting a dress seemed too much of work to do. In times like this, I always turn to sewing lingerie. It’s small, quick, with almost always cute result. Perfect for curing my sewing fatigue!

I got the fabric from kalekhaa. fabric is double-gauze. I will post the photo of the fabric and the lingerie later on……….