KK Arts and Crafts

Back to my passion for creativity...

2018-09-07T12:36:00.001+05:30

For the past days(not sure how many days) may be still now , I am living in chaos. I couldn't determine when it started but could realize it. The best way to put back every thing right is to do what we love...it sparked when my daughter asked me, "ma why you are not making anything beautiful as before?"...yes, I making things, still I sew for me, my daughters, at times I also paint but that is based on necessity. So I thought why not I make something beautiful for no reason...

Just make it because I love it...Not anything more than that.

So as a part of it, I trying some thing new, learning mathubani painting

Deepavali Model

2018-02-13T12:56:00.002+05:30

Last week we made a model for Deepavali.

The full view of the model. The house is made with thermocol. My friend made the house and I painted it. You can also find the small diyas as deepavali is the festival of lights....

We made the miniature human figures using metal wire and paper, chart paper for crackers...

Dresses made for daughters...

2017-11-19T20:54:00.000+05:30

Sharing some sewing project after a long time. These are the dresses I made for my daughters for deepavali. I tried peplum top for the first time I loved the output. Planned to make more tops in this style...

Agriculture field model

2017-02-08T22:03:00.001+05:30

This is another model we have made for the school project.This is first time I am making miniature human figures, (the woman and the man with plough). I couldn't find small toys.

Some more views and details....

Golden Egg story...

2017-02-01T22:25:00.000+05:30

A model for golden egg story, made for my daughter's school project.

Tops..Tops...

2016-11-19T19:32:00.000+05:30

I am a big fabric hoarder. Though I am not actively sewing I never forget to buy fabrics whenever I step out for shopping. Addicted to fabrics. Now running out of space even after buying many boxes to organize. So decided to clear some...

The first one is some kind of georgette material. I made a sleeveless tops for my daughter.

The other one is crop top in cotton fabric with rubber prints and lace...

Linked to:

A Round Tuit

Dresses

2016-11-03T19:40:00.000+05:30

I am sharing a sewing project here after a long time. These dresses are made as gift to little girls for Diwali. Hope they like the gift.

Quilled wall Art

2016-09-06T19:00:00.000+05:30

some time back we made these quilling flowers. My daughter helped in making the leaves. Later we framed and made it as a wall art.

Linking this to:

Painting....

2016-03-11T11:35:00.000+05:30

After a long time I painted something for my daughter's Rhyme Expo. It was nice experience to play with colors after a long time....

Palazzo pants for the girls...

2015-08-08T21:31:00.000+05:30

Its long since I made something for my daughters. Something quick to make is palazzo pants and I love them. I made with the same fabric for both the girls...

Both of them like it, so planned to make some more pants of this kind with variations. I also made one for me to match with my long kurti

Linking this to STH link party

Link party palooza #105

Kurta and dothi pants for boys

2015-04-28T18:19:00.000+05:30

Though I have made some babyboy dresses, this is the first time I am making kurtha and dothi pants for boys. This is specially made for my nephew who celebrated his first birthday yesterday. I want to make something in maroon and half white but since I had no time for fabric shopping, I used the fabric from my stash. I had a doubt whether it would look like boys outfit, but happy to hear from my sister that it look pretty on him.

I tried this pant on my younger daughter and extremely loved the way it look on her. Sure to make many dothi pants for her but my elder hates this too as other pants. She loves skirts...

Material used: Brocade with cotton lining, soft cotton

Her birthday dress

2015-03-23T18:05:00.000+05:30

The dress I made for daughter to wear on her special day, her birthday. Some may remember this fabric. It is the same fabric I used to make her sister's dress. Actually this is another version with the same combo. Another matching dress for the sisters.

I was busy with some personal work and started working on this dress very late, so I kept it very simple. As per my daughter's wish it was a long (floor length) dress with velvet shrug.

Some more views of the dress. Back...

without shrug...

The dress is incomplete without the matching accessories. So, here they are, the matching hair band...

Necklace and earrings

Excuse the quality of the pictures. The dress is wrinkled. Our iron box is repair and not yet fixed.There are some lines in the back ground. They are not lines, I cannot just call the creativity of my daughters as lines. Either, the walls has the paintings by my daughters or there is no good light for the pictures.

Happy sisters...

Some thing for me...

2015-02-04T21:02:00.001+05:30

These days I go crazy on beads. Something for me...
Though I have made many necklace for my daughter, this is the first time I have made one, specially for me, in my favorite color. I love the way it looked on me and wish to make many such beauties...

DIY idea/reusing (sewing elastic band from pant to skirt)

2015-01-30T13:35:00.000+05:30

Its almost more than a month, we didn't do any crafts or sewing. I have hard time managing my tiny tot, house hold chores, crafts, sewing, so something I can keep quite for some days is craft and sewing...as a result no updates. Slowly started doing some work and hopefully, there will be more updates hereafter...

*This project is for those with sewing knowledge i.e those who know to sew a skirt already*

And for now, I have a DIY idea. Some sort of reusing.

we use pants from knit fabric for the kids, some times the pants will be in good condition but cannot wear( we have some holes or torn while playing)...we can make use of such pants for this project and some coordinating fabric.It is a quick project and you can finish off in 1/2 hour.

You'll need
Elastic band from a pant(here it is knit fabric)

And a coordinating fabric

Procedure

Cut 4'' or 5'' from the elastic and discard the legs, we don't need them

Measure the width of the elastic band. Take 3 times the coordinating fabric i.e
width of the skirt fabric= 3Xwidth of the elastic band
Here the width of the band is 20'', so the skirt width is 60"

Length of the skirt = length need - length of the elastic band. here length needed is 24", length= 24"- 5"(length of the elastic band)

Make pleats and sew like a normal skirt. Now attach the skirt part to the elastic band from the pant. The skirt is done.

And my dd loves skirts...yes she loved this one too...

Edited:
Linking to A Round tuit

இனிய பொங்கல் திருநாள் வாழ்த்துக்கள் .

2015-01-15T11:47:00.000+05:30

இந்த தை திருநாளில் உங்கள் இல்லங்களில் நிம்மதியும் மகிழ்ச்சியும் பொங்கட்டும்

Terracotta jewellery making and baking - Tutorial

2015-01-03T19:32:00.000+05:30

On seeing the beauty of the terracotta jewellery sets on the net, I wished to make one. Making a set is easy for me but baking process is something difficult. Many said to bake it in an oven or kiln, I don't have either.

One lady in a television program said to bake it in microwave oven. Hey... I have a microwave.

So I made a jhumki and pendant and baked it in microwave... but it was a disaster, it busted. Then I keep on searching the net and finally got one tutorial.

This time I kept the designs very simple since I am not sure about the out come. I don't want to waste my efforts. But it was a success. It really worked and I made my first terracotta jewellery set.

Thanks for the person who shared this. I can not find that link now but the tutorial in this link also uses same technique.

You can go here and check for the tutorial

Edited: All details about making, baking and painting terracotta jewellery is here....

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9P99TIJ7qgzPlgo-nrSwkqR2cimaF9zL

I baked some small pendants and beads and made a necklace, earring, bracelet for my daughter and a jhumki for me. I love jhumkis...I like the way they dangle. Waiting to make many such lovely jewelries .

Edited on 6/4/15
Another link for baking tutorial....
http://ladiescampus.com/learn-how-to-make-terracotta-jewellery-pendant-making-part-2-a-baking-firing/

Aari embroidery tutorial(links)

2014-11-28T17:15:00.000+05:30

Wondering what is this...

Hand Embroidery is my passion, I love to learn new techniques in it and this is my trail in Aari embroidery. I want to learn it but can't find time to go out, then I searched for tutorials in the net and tried something. The basic chain stitch is similar to crochet stitches, so it was easy for me to learn. Aari work needs a special frame but in the starting I used normal frame. After some trails I worked a simple design in my daughter's silk top.

You might have seen this design with simple chain stitch and some stone work in my daughter's birthday dress

Still learning it, waiting to find some time to learn the advance stitches...

If you want to try Aari work then you can refer here

http://www.maggamembroidery.com/

Tutorials...

2014-11-18T18:53:00.000+05:30

Just updated the tutorial page.

http://thendralscraft.blogspot.in/p/tutorial.html

I am always self taught. Most of the crafts I do are of that kind, I get inspirations/learn from televisions, magazines, internet. So as a token of thanks I also make some tutorials, but now as lack of time, I couldn't do it. So I thought to share some of the tutorials which inspires me, helped me a lot. I have planned to share one tutorial/work per week. I have started this with my tutorial page. waiting to share many interesting things...

Thanks to all those who share their knowledge.

An interview with Smart Indian Women

2014-10-28T16:40:00.000+05:30

http://www.smartindianwomen.com/blog/an-interview-with-blogger-thendral-of-kk-arts-and-crafts/

One more dress...

2014-10-23T20:26:00.000+05:30

Its a long pending post...the other dress I made for my daughter's birthday. First I thought of making yellow with yellow later I loved the blue velvet and yellow combination.

yet I have to time that time I kept it very simple, ruffle skirt with plain top and bows.

I also made a matching flower hairband for her...

Later, when she wore the dress I find something I have to improve in this dress

Taking rest after all celebrations...

I also have a plan to make a dress for the elder one in the same combo.

Handbag for me...

2014-10-07T22:35:00.000+05:30

Long ago, long...long ago I wished to make a hand bag for me and at last I made one and used it, for the trip to our native last week.

It is fully lined, with rolled handles, has many rooms to carry my clutch, coin purse, water bottle, camera and loops to hold my keys...so no need to dig my bag to search my keys when I return from shopping :)

At last I added my favorite red flowers and made it so special for me...only for me.

Her Birthday dress

2014-09-10T12:14:00.001+05:30

One more year completed... And my dear little one is now 2 years old.
I made two dresses for her.
Instead of skirt and blouse I made a long dress in silk.

When she grows up, I can use it as top and pair it with leggings(what an idea!!!!:))

Photos by Uthayachandran

This is how, the dress look at the back.

Photos by Uthayachandran

And the neck design is done by me... aari embroidery with stones. I am learning it, this is first neck design.

Photo props designed for Edita photography.

2014-09-05T11:45:00.002+05:30

Maternity sash action photos...

2014-08-22T16:21:00.001+05:30

Some days back I made a maternity sash for Edita Photography.

Now see the magic...how it looks...The way she handles the props makes them very beautiful.

Photo credit: Edita photography

Photo credit : Edita photography

You can see more lovely photos in her page. She also have some other talents....She made the maternity gown. Such a beautiful dress and smile!!!

Learning new crafts- Home made clay

2014-08-06T13:28:00.000+05:30

Yes.... I tried my hands in making homemade clay and the result was very good. I loved working with it, made many roses, my favorite one. For the past few months I am working with flower projects. Still have some clay remaining and would like to try some more designs when I find time.

I made some studs using the clay to match the dress. The hairband and studs were custom made for one of my friend's daughter.