My initial plan today is to show you some of the variations
to the flower stitches that I’d shown in previous posts.But, I’m postponing
that to another date because I want to show you how you can work kamal kadai
stitch on a button.Most of you must be aware of kamal kadai which is a flower
embroidered using weaving technique.To those of you who love to use buttons to
decorate your dresses, cushions etc., this is a variation you should try.The
petals shouldn’t cover the whole button because we want some parts of the
button to show through.
For this, you’ll need
a button which has 4 holes (I’m using a 2cm diameter button).This can also be
done on a 2-holed button by working the petals on either sides so that it’ll
look like a chinese button.Draw the outline of the button on a piece of paper
and mark the dots for the straight stitches.Fold the paper into 4 and poke
holes on it so that you’ll have equally positioned holes for the 4 petals.Transfer
the dots onto a fabric, position the button in the middle and sew it with
normal sewing thread.Work straight stitches as shown.The threads shouldn't be loose.As much as possible,make
sure the threads at the base don’t overlap each other.For this, the button
holes shouldn’t be too small.
Cut off the sewing
thread in the middle.Bring the needle and thread up at one of the holes and
start weaving from right to left, continuing from left to right and weave all
the way from base to the tip of the petal.
Continue for the
other petals.
(Attn : most of the
tutorials in this blog are my own creations.So, please don’t try to copy and
show them in your blog, youtube etc.You can show the finished work but please
link it back to my website.)
