chain stitch as a filling stitch: two variations

Chain stitch can be used as an outline stitch and as a filling stitch..it is very easy to do and it is a very beautiful stitch....

You can see how to do chain stitch as a filling stitch in this site.  I saw a wonderful variation of chain stitch used as a filling stitch in deepa's blog. I tried that one....

Upper side of leaf is filled with normal chain stitch and the lower side is filled with interlaced chain stitch or honeycomb chain stitch. Both are good for filling and both technique gives different appearance. Thanks Deepa for teaching a new filling technique with a familiar beautiful stitch....

acorn border...

I saw an acorn border design on this site and i just tried to do the same....

I used whipped running stitch and couching for the leaves. Back stitch for the stem and closed french knots, satin stitch  for the acorns.

saree

Do you know which is the most difficult part in embroidery??? it is transferring the design on to the fabric..atleast for me...i hate that part...and it makes me crazy when i have to trace the designs on to a longer material like 5.6m saree....usually i trace the designs.....

Do you have any suggestions to trace the difficult small designs???

see the perfect diamond squares...dont know when i will start tracing this design....

I am planning to do running stitch to the three lines ...first and the third using yellow and the middle one using grey..then i will fill the diamonds using grey....the saree is dark maroon...

the saree is more darker than it appears on the photo....

Blanket stitch

 The beauty of blanket stitch when it is done on a white towel....

glass painting

a dancing lady....

cross stitch kits

I would like to share some of my cross stitch kits that i had completed....

take a look .....