SAL Kantha - Crown Flower and Birds

this time i took more time to finish SAL Kantha especially the crown flower and still not satisfied with that work..my eyes dont let me to do the perfect work :(..so i had to satisfy with so so..uploading the recent work here and waiting for tomorrow's post :)..

SAL Kantha - Tara Booti and Dots!

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i was able to update last week's SAL Kantha at right time though a little bit late as i had to finish some pending works at home..awaiting next tutorial from Anita..:)

back side

SAL Kantha 'Bud and Calyx'

i have updated my SAL today following the tutorial from Artisticfingers..hope it's worked out quite nicely..i really enjoyed working with the calyx portion..uploading the front as well as back side..

Round Kutch Work

recently i have been hunting for some new stitches in youtube and came across this 'round kutch work' which was unknown to me till date..i tried it and the result came out like this..have to practise more and more by reducing the length of running stitches and gaps in between them to get a perfect figure..though kutch work is awesome,this can also be used instead of kutch work for some patterns..we just need to know where to apply this technique to get a beautiful design..

front side

reverse side

here goes the link for tutorial those who want to try:

vedio 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXNy8NjOne0

vedio 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KwGkA65vHE

vedio 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wApOavjsmK4

go through this link for kutch work designs:

http://www.indian-heritage.org/artcraft/designs/kutch.html

Courtsey: Nalini Anbarasu & Sumathi,'Indian Heritage'

SAL Kantha 'curlicues and leaf blades'

this time i was a bit late to update my SAL page..here we had a few days function in our temple and so not able to stitch or blog..but out of curiosity,i had to visit Artisticfingers on wednesday itself to know about how the new post would be?..sooo sorry to know that anita  was not well then:( and the tutorial was too short as well..
anita,hope you are getting over it now..BTW as you asked, iam suggesting a name for the leafy thing ie: leaf blade :)..now as usual iam attaching the pics here..