A post after a very long time… These days have been trying my hand at making sculptures. This is the bust of a tribal leader of the Karo tribe in Africa. The bust is about 12cms tall
Category Archives: diy
Rainbow Summer Scarf
This summer flaunt a colorful cotton scarf made using scrap pieces of embroidery floss.
Hand Dyed Rainbow Tassel Scarf
Who would not like a nice funky rainbow scarf with a pastel dress on a hot summer day. I have created one of my one and shared the procedure with you.
Cement Vase
I feel extremely joyful when I create things on my own. This time I wanted to experiment with cement. I created a vase with it using an old plastic bottle. Though I did go wrong at places, the end result came out beautifully. Here is a DIY explaining my process, and the places where I went wrong.
Shibori Bleach Dying
Not always do you need dyes and other hard to find products to change the look of your old T-Shirt. Many a times you can also do it with very simple products found at home. I tried bleaching one of my old T-Shirts with regular fabric bleach and the results turned out lovely! Here is a DIY showing my process.
Experiments with silk
I wanted to try painting on silks for a very long time; I love to flow of colours which can be achieved on the medium. When I finally managed to get my hands on the all the equipment I was more than eager to give it a try. This DIY shows my journey as I made my first silk scarfs using acid dyes and water based gutta.
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Embroidered Cross Stitch Stole Shawl
This winter personalize your own Cashmere/ polyester/ cotton stole by giving it a cross stitched border!
Easy knot for hand sewing
Follow these very simple steps to knot your thread for hand sewing.
Dye old T-shirt
I recently ruined my favorite T-shirt, and I had no heart to dispose it. So I thought of a simple way to dye it at home using fabric colors so that, I may cling on to it for some more time. Here are some images of how I did it.