vintage --- revisited

 
        Hi,

                   

              This Monsoon , decorate your homes with bright and beautiful pink lotuses that dates back to 1970 , the time when I wasn't even thought of in this world ...!!!

        Once again , I bring before you another motif from my mom's collection ...

  

        This is a patchwork design , done in checks , dotted , or simply solid coloured clothes . Starting with an outline stitch on the traced pattern and then leaving the seams ( for folding inside ) , cut the extra cloth , then patch it on the main cloth , at the desired ( and already planned and marked places ) , in buttonhole / carpet stitches ... Well , this was ( and is ) the way beautiful patchworks were made then , and are made today , too ...

        This can be done on cushions ...

            Patch it , embroider it , stencil it or paint it on fabrics or on any other surface ...

          Rotate the design as desired --- diamond , square , inside out ... ( whatever suits your eyes )

         Repeats are beautiful too ...Stencil it , repeating it to give an over-all print look ...

          The above aqua coloured print will give any wall a new and fresh look ...

          

              Heavenly white with pinks .... a print for fashion fabrics and for paper ...

                                       

          And last is an all-over lotus pattern with some swirls ...

                               Have a nice time with these fresh lotus patterns .

            Stay tuned to see what next week has in store for you all . More of vintage collection --- revisited and remixed --- to give a contemporary look . I'll try to dig out more patterns and motifs from my mom or from my grand-mom's '' SUPER - TREASURE -  TRUNK '' ...

                                         

                                   

trees of love .....

          Hi ,


                   Today I tried something new and something different from what I usually make .

      I thought of making a wall art --- for Summer --- in very very bright shades of green ( the above picture ) . '' The Garden Gate '' , can be the most suitable title for this post . The fence , and the creeper with shining bright leaves , all are welcoming you back HOME ...



        And the another picture is of the same gate but with flowers . The feel is cold and misty ---                                                       
                                         WINTER !!!

       The lighter shades , the empty branches , the foggy feel gives the flowers a soft effect of the misty winter mornings ...


            Perfect for gifting these pieces to your friends , or just make it to decorate your own wall .

see you all next week .

square .....

       Hi ,

                                 Just playing with only one design this week , and experimenting it with various eye-catching colour combinations ...

                       ............. in red background ,

             ....... some soothing colours ,

                 ........... tiled ,

               .......... tiled , without background ,

                     ........ circular ,

            see you next week ...........

bright and festive mood .....

          Hello ,


                     Festivity and brightness go hand in hand , and so today I bring some bright and festive mood in my post ... Enjoy !


                      Hand drawings in cheerful colours ...

                      some Indian touches too...

                      rounded swatches of the same above design , but in other variations ...

               repeat pattern ...

                   the original water colour drawing edited in the above images ...

                   enveloped ...

                see you next week . Have a nice week ...

ethnic and eye catching ......

        Hello ,


                      Today's post is all about eye candy , ethnic and traditional designs and motifs --- all revisited and re-made to give a contemporary touch !


                     The top most picture is a dress yoke to be embroidered or painted ... ( I've already posted this on my facebook account ages ago ... ) .


                     Below is something for just fun --- invitation card , posters etc .

                             A single motif in black  (on white) , and  yellow

                 A beautiful motif for block prints and surface pattern prints

                  some more variations --- canvas effect

              Another motif in pink

                   more variation

                   A black and white decorated border

                another decorated border

                    Two motifs mingled and merged in layers

                 Well , I think this is quite a long post , full of motifs to be used in prints and paintings too ...  So I think I must take a break now , untill next week ....

                  More and more designs are still on the way . Hope you all enjoyed the post . See you next week ............ Have a nice and lovely week !!!

colourful cushions .....

                       Hi ,


               Colours , colours and more colours .

                20x20 inches cushion covers . Very bright peacock cushion cover ( above ) , and a few bright all over prints for summer ...

               see you next week .............

birthday invitation cards and tags .....

                  Hello ,


                    Hope you all are having a lovely time .

                 Today is the day of birthday blast ! Birthday invites , tags , note pad , card .....


            Without a birthday card there is no celebration , right ?
 
             As I already told you in my last post about my '' new found love '' of scrap booking .  This card is somewhat inspired by the same .

              Bright solid violet background , then layered with a yellow patterned paper --- cut in stamps style and the corners are stamped green  , violet patterned paper cut in rounds , and last ( the top ) is the sentiment you want to convey !!!


          Whoa whoa , it's not exactly as I just explained , it's simply done on photoshop . But if I make it a scrap book project or a birthday card ---- I think the method is the same .... hmmm !!!

              A  bookmark - style gift tag to be attached on the birthday present ...

                Cute invitation cards , without which you just can't think about a celebration  ,

              Writing pad / note pad / letter pad .....

                A round gift tag to match with your favourite wrapping paper  ,

                Bright and eye-catching invitation card for your kids

some more cute gift tags ...

 

don't forget to invite me in all these fun

see you next week with some more experiments ...

bye , have a bright week ahead !