Kamal work in kurti - - 2

Sorry friends I had already finished the first petal by the time I realized that I had to explain the steps. 

There are six vertical lines in a petal.we should move the needle under the lines without piercing the cloth.

so first we move under lines  1,3,5.

Then turn around the cloth and move under lines 2,4,6.Continue till the outermost lines are filled.

Now move alternatively between remaining four lines.That is first under 2,4.Then under 3,5.  Continue till only centre most lines are left out.

Now move under these two lines to fill them.

Kamal work in kurti - - 1

Hi friends, kamal work is actually an adaptation of spider's web stitch.
Today I stitched a kurti and thought I would add some colour to it by doing kamal work with contrast colour thread.

Here is the photo of the top. Now see what a little handwork can do. 

Magic!!!

Don't you think it looks better now. I will now show you the transformation in steps. 

I have traced  three flowers one below the other.Usually we use two strands of anchor thread to do this stitch.

First step is to take the needle and make six vertical lines starting from the base of each petal.