Thursday, March 15, 2012

Chikan Embroidery - Lesson 2

Lesson 2 for my Chikan Embroidery class was fairly easy for me as it involved two stitches I have used quite a bit and there wasn't quite as much area to cover as in lesson 1. It included the Chain stitch (Janjira) and the Stem stitch (Rahet). I think I forgot to mention that the stitch for lesson 1 was the Double Back Stitch (Bakhya/Bakhiya/Bakhia) a/k/a Shadow Applique.


Below is a closeup of the Chain stitch...



I am taking this class from Anita at Artistic Fingers and you can find her link on my sidebar. I appreciate so much that she has offered this online class and that it is free!

3 comments:

Raphaela said...

Your stitching is so beautiful. And you have worked really hard. I am a little behind. But the weekend is ahead.

Anita said...

Beautiful!

Caseymini said...

Connie, I learned to do this years ago, I love doing it. Simple, yet elegant. Yours is looking good. Love the shadow work.