Facelift for kurta

Nowadays, I see to that I pick up a rather simple looking kurta so that I can try out some of the embroidery I learnt on the net, and I also will have the satisfaction of wearing something that has work which I have done.

This is how I have made my simple blue cotton kurta which I picked from “Nice Things” a bit grand. It had only the blue flower embroidery on the yoke. The long sleeve was rather simple only with a piping at the end with a navy blue fabric, but still it looked good.

I put lazy daisy stitch on the long sleeves with dark blue floss with blue sequin which matches the kurta fabric in the end. This is a design I always wanted to try out when I see my fellow bloggers do on their quilts.

The yoke is outlined alternating with dark blue long glass beads and light blue sequins.


Next I have tried the famous Chemanthy stitch which our dear Deepa have taught us. I teamed it up with some sequins and beads to match the theme of the kurta.

Now, this is how my kurta looks after the facelift.