Free Kutchwork Pattern For Kurtha - Part I

Kutchwork is what I'd pick if I want to embellish something and want it quick. You don't have to spend too of time on it. 

Unfortunately, some people find Kutchwork difficult. I'd say, they weren't taught Kutchwork the right way.

All that is required is to understand the concept of the unders and overs that give this type of embroidery an identity entirely its own.

Here is the  design I used on my Kurta. Click on the picture to enlarge. You can then print it out.

Working on the 1st pattern is easy enough. The second one is slightly complicated. I'll show how it should be worked in my next post.

I've used three strands of Anchor stranded cotton.

Tip: You can use the smallest motif with the satin stitch leaves around the neckline and the 1st motif can be spaced here and there on the kurta to give your outfit an exotic finish. 

Design on Kurta Part II
Design on Kutra Part III - Skeleton
Design on Kurta Part IV - Interlacing Method I
Design on Kurta Part V - Interlacing Method II

Free Kutchwork Motifs

Heart Series II

These are my own designs.
You are welcome to use or share these designs.
But please don't sell them or copy and paste them on your site - if you copy and paste please mention where you found them.
Please do not redraw them and pass them off as your own either.
That's what put me off sharing for nearly 2 years.

Free Kutchwork Motifs

Heart Series I
Here are a couple of free Kutch motifs.
While you are at it, take a look at this

These designs are my own.
You may use or share them.
But please don't sell them.
please do not copy and paste on your site - if you do, please mention where you found them.
Please do not redraw them and pass them off as your own either.
That's what put me off sharing for nearly 2 years.

Free Designs for Kutchwork - Heart Series II

These are my own designs.
You are welcome to use or share these designs.
But please don't sell them or copy and paste them on your site - if you copy and paste please mention where you found them.
Please do not redraw them and pass them off as your own either.
That's what put me off sharing for nearly 2 years.

Free Kutchwork Designs Heart I

Free Design For Kutch Embroidery

Here is the promised Kutchwork design of the cushion cover.

This design can be adapted for a saree pallu, saree border, border for lower half of Kameez and sleeves.

Before you begin:

1. Observe and understand the design.

2.  If you compare this design with the design in the cushion cover, you will observe that a cluster of 5 single diamonds separate the overall square blocks in the cushion cover whereas there are only 4 in the design above.

3. You can increase the single diamond clusters to 6 or 7 to form bigger overall blocks and embellish the centers of alternate blocks with mirrors.

4. As a general rule before you begin any large project with over all diaper patterns, always work a small - in this case - 4 blocks of the pattern - make sure you understand how it works - it will save you a lot of time and headache later.

5. Use an inch graph to first plan your design. This ensures perfect designs. Use yellow carbon to transfer designs to fabric.

6. Then again, if you are a computer whiz, you can generate your own perfect designs. You don't need any sofisticated software, you can even use the drawing tools in MS Word.

7.You can buy inch graph sheets - usually you get 1 m sheets - from wholesale stationery shops - I've found that local stationery shops usually don't stock this. More often than not, they don't even know what it is.

8. There are no specifications for the size of the single diamond. You can draw it as you wish. I usually use all six strands of Anchor stranded cotton as it gives a bold effect. So my squares are 3 square units on the inch graph.

9. Ideal threads for Kutchwork are, 4 strands of machine embroidery thread, Anchor stranded cotton - 2-6 strands depending on the size of your diamonds, cone thread, Anchor pearl Cotton -10gms balls.

10. Always check if your thread is colour fast by actually soaking a bit of it in water and folding it in a damp piece of fabric - even if you buy good quality thread.

Have fun working this design.

Motifs For Sindhi Embroidery

Here are some very basic motifs for Sindi embroidey/Kutchwork

Free Motifs for Kutch Work

Here are some very basic motifs for Sindi embroidey/Kutchwork