Friday, April 27, 2012

CHIKAN EMBROIDERY SAL COMPLETED!

This was the stitch along I did under Anita's instruction through her blog at Artistic Fingers.   It was an 8 week long class.  I never realized how many different stitches were in this motif!

I just completed my last lesson in Chikan embroidery.  This week we did the Eyelet stitch (Rozan) and Wave stitch filling (Jali).  The eyelet is at the bottom of this first photo.  It looks like eyelets with holes in the centers.  The wave stitch filling is the area inside the center heart.  To me this was probably the most challenging because a graph is used.  Once I got the proportions right for the graph and understood the pattern to follow, however, it went pretty quickly.


A close-up

Completed Motif

Last Lesson Completed


The Backside

If you have a chance to take this online class from Anita, I highly recommend it.  Thanks Anita!  I love learning new things and appreciated you sharing your knowledge and skills.

8 comments:

Magpie's Mumblings said...

Congratulations - you have done a lovely job. The back looks just as good as the front!!

Anita said...

Congratulations!Guess what? You are the first participant to complete the sal :)I'm so happy to see your finished project.Thank you for the recommendation :)

Marjolein said...

Good to see the whole design finished.
I love paisley motives.

Lyn Warner said...

It looks lovely! I enjoyed following your progress, thanks.

Createology said...

This Chikan Embroidery is ethereal and shawdowy beautiful. Seeing your finished piece is very inspiring. Blissful Stitching...

jenclair said...

Isn't it amazing how the internet has expanded our horizons and our opportunities?

Lovely, lovely, lovely work, Connie.

Daniela said...

Beautiful embroidery, elaborate fabrication!

Caseymini said...

Connie, your piece is beautifully done! Great work.