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• Surpur miniature paintings- extinct art of Karnataka
  on Dec 9, 2016 in Karnataka Miniature paintings
  I was aware of Rajasthan miniature paintings and Mysore miniature painting. Recently in an exhibition I came to know about another finest art of Karnataka - Surpur miniature paintings. I met an artist, who is practising painting forms , influenced by...
• Work In Progress on Wednesday- Cross stitch
  on Dec 7, 2016
  This week sharing about, cross stitch work, which I have started long back. This has taken too much of time. My sister is also helping me to complete this project. My mother has made same design and she gifted it to her friend. About her work I had s...
• Papier Mache craft of Jammu and Kashmir
  on Nov 27, 2016 in Handicraft Kashmir Paper Mache
  Jammu and Kashmir, which is known for its natural beauty, is also known for many handicrafts. Who doesn't know about Kashmiri embroidery? Most of us wish to own a Kasmiri carpet. If we observe all the handicrafts of Kashmir, they are  done , usi...
• Work In Progress on Wednesday- Saree design
  on Nov 23, 2016 in Kalamkari Patchwork Saree Design WIP
  This week was little hectic. Could not write any posts. Could not complete whatever projects I have started. Last week had shared about kutch work design , which I started, last week , is not completed. Many are giving suggestion to use cotton t...
• Work In Progress On Wednesday - Kutchwork on a Kurta
  on Nov 16, 2016 in Banjara embroidery Hand embroidery Kutchwork
  My work in progress series is stepping to third week. I started this with the post of Dress design .This week sharing about the Kutchwork on a Kurta. I have shared How to trace design on stitched Kurta in my previous post. On the same Kurta I am...
• Work In Progress on Wednesday - Kerala Mural Painting on Bamboo
  on Nov 9, 2016
  This week in WIP series, sharing about the Kerala Mural. Most of the artists and crafters now know about Kerala Murala. Though these are mural painting, now many artists paint this on canvas, terracotta pots , cloth , bamboo etc. I'm  learn...
• How to transfer design on stitched dress-Tutorial
  on Nov 4, 2016 in Dress design Embroidery Hand embroidery Kutchwork
  This is the query I often get from most my readers. For embroidery projects, transferring the design on fabric is the tedious task. One method is to use charcoal powder. Another is using white carbon paper. Though this method is easy, but for large d...
• Work In Progress on Wednesday - Dress design
  on Nov 2, 2016 in Dress design Madhubani art WIP
  Starting a new series on my blog. As the title says, I will be sharing about the arts and crafts projects, on which I'm working on. It can be anything , sewing, embroidery , crochet, tatting, or paper-craft etc.Why I started this series (WIP) ?There...
• Painting a Deepa (Diya) for Deepavali
  on Oct 30, 2016 in Deepavali Deepotsava Terracotta
  Deepavali celebration is going on. Today is second day of Deepavali. Hindu's celebrate this by performing Laxmi pooja(worshipping Laxmi- the Goddess of Prosperity) The other tradition like lighting the lamps and bursting crackers are going on.Deepava...
• Converting an old saree to frocks
  on Oct 27, 2016 in Dress design stitch
  Deepavali, the festival of lights started. All are in festive mood. Deepavali is not only festival of lights, I consider this as festival of shopping :) and festival of gifts. This year I have planned to give all handmade gifts to all. To gift, twin...
• A journal making to store design papers
  on Oct 17, 2016 in Craft Craftsroom Paper craft Paper Mache
  I have many designs on papers, like embroidery designs, dress designs etc. I had kept those in a normal paper folder. Artist in me was not satisfied with the plain paper folder. To make it interesting , I thought of decorating the folder to keep all...
• Some unique dolls during my visit to judge Gombehabba
  on Oct 12, 2016 in Dasara Dolls Gombe Habba Navaratri
  In my previous post I have already shared about judging the Gombehabba competition . I visited 10 houses to judge the competition. In each house , the arrangement of dolls was amazing. In some houses the themes were very attractive, and in some...
• Judging Gombehabba
  on Oct 11, 2016 in Dasara Dolls Gombe Habba Navaratri
  Gombe habba is a cute tradition which is celebrated in some parts of South India. I have already written about this tradition in my previous posts. This year there was no sign , that any would invite me. I was little disappointed. But a surprise was...
• Some variations in Kerala Kasavu sarees
  on Oct 9, 2016 in Kerala Saree Saree Saree borders Saree Design
  I need not write anything about Kerala Kasavu sarees. Most of the saree loving women , own at least one Kerala Kasavu saree in their collection. This is also known as "Mundum Neriyathum". This is traditional saree of Kerala.Fine cotton handwoven sare...
• The dolls can make you a celebrity!
  on Oct 3, 2016
  Dasara celebration is going on. I have already shared about Gombe habba celebrations in my earlier posts. Gombe habba is a lovely tradition of Dasara, celebrated in Bangalore and Mysore (of Karnataka, India). This is the tradition, celebrated enthusi...
• Handmade artifacts from Dastkar
  on Aug 29, 2016 in Dastkar Handicraft handmade market place
  Dastakar is an NGO which supports crafts people, to promote and sell their products. To support the craft people , Dastkar organizes many events , including exhibitions and sales of handicrafts. This time it was organized in the month of August , in...
• Handmade Rakhis
  on Aug 19, 2016 in Polymer Clay Rakhee Raksha Bandhan
   I was supposed to post about handmade Rakhee, before Raksha Bandhan.It got delayed because I was attending a workshop to learn a different craft. Raksha Bandhan is festival in India to celebrate bondage between brother and sister. All the...
• Saree Design -With Kalamkari border again
  on Jul 30, 2016 in Kalamkari Patchwork Kalamkari sarees Saree borders Saree Design
  I never get contended with collecting and designing with  traditional paintings of India. Kalmakari is one such art. I have kalmkari patches, kalamkari borders, kalamkari duppata, kalamkari saree , kalamkari hand block printed clothes etc. Still...
• Madhubani painting on wooden box- Tutorial
  on Jul 27, 2016 in Madhubani art Painting Transfering design
  In the process of organizing and decorating my craft room, I'm making many hand crafted items. Already I have shared  about the wooden boxes painted. One box with Warli design and and another with decoupage.About Madhubani art I have written in...
• Colorful Handmade Card
  on Jul 20, 2016
  Recently have shared about a Birthday card made to wish on first Birthday. Same day was my niece's birthday. So to wish her  I made another card. She loves colors, flower and butterflies. So decided to make a colorful card with flower and butter...

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