Elephant Embroidery Design

This design was a quickie in a day or two amidst my regular chores. An elegant cotton batik saree should definitely be acknowledged with a simple hand embroidered cotton blouse. Now this goes into my mom's wardrobe not mine!

Materials used:

Yellow carbon paper
Design sheet
Embroidery Hoop 5inches dia
Scissor
Anchor hand embroidery skein 0127 -1skein
Crewel needle no 6

Method applied:

3strands
Chain Stitch
Laisy Daisy
Open Chain stitch.

Refer for stitches:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_stitch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl6Bj7IePx8
http://www.embroidery.rocksea.org/stitch/chain-stitch/open-chain-stitch/

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