A different focus – TE

Since the new book from my sifu – Pn. RJ selling like hot cakes (i knew it coz pegi mane2 bookstore tanye sure abisnya..), terketuk pintu hati utk try sulaman benang dlm rekaan2 on my own baju kurung pulak. Yealah kan, campur tolak kristal, germstone, sequin + manik atas baju dah mmg dipraktikkan tp nak add in sulaman benang ni  lom pernah lagi dicuba. So, mlm tadi bermulalah episod D.I.Y berdasarkan rujukan buku2 Pn RJ (at last i manage to get her new books in 1 book store located at Kompleks PKNS. Sis yg jaga kaunter tu actually reserved the book to someone else. But, she claimed that the person did not come n pick up and it has been 2 weeks since the book arrived! So, apalagi, dia ulur, kitepun terus capai laaah! For me, rezeki depan bijik mate, jgn ditolak. Payment made, buku bertuka tangan, terus masuk dlm beg, peluk kuat x lepas dah.. heheee.. Melompat masuk kereta. Gumbira x terkata. Bukan nak ingat start enjin tp terus buka plastik cover buku!)

As usual, things needed to start TE are, needle (im picking 1 from my needles collection which had round eye n sharp point), cloth, hoop (ram) and some thread. Looking at the steps as shown in d book, i started to TE. Lets look at some of the results..1st – Button Holes Stiches(BTS) (Jahitan Lubang Butang).

This is the result – 1st time TE, so jahitan between stiches pun x consistant. In d books, Pn RJ uses two different color thread to show the tone for her sketches. BTS dijahit utk membentuk kelopak bunga yg dah dilakar dulu atas kain. Lepas ni, bole try 2 kale yg berlainan pulak. Most important, get d technique right at the 1st trial dulu kan?!

Next, Chain Stich (CS) (Jahitan Rantai). Tgk pada some of the sample dlm buku, jahitan ni digunakan utk lakaran batang, tepi bantal n etc ikut citarasa lakaran masing2.

Ni, my work on CS. For me, rasanye quite easy after followed the steps shown in the book.

Yg ni pulak, my lazy stich flower (Jahitan malas?). i used 4 threads with 2 different colors just to show some tone here. Tapi mcm x nampak sgt kan? The colors look the same. maybe i should change and used contradic type of colors.

Ok tak? 1st time.. antara petals masih x consistant. Petalsnye purposely i sewn it that way, to give variation la konon.. kihkihhh..

Then, baksia rose – try n error buat silang2 gitu. kira menjadi la kan (ni kes angkat bakul sendiri puji)

Yg ini pulak bullion rose – waduhhhh.. mula2 buat berselirat. Xde bentuk bullion rose langsung!  This is my 2nd attempt. Berjaya jua akhirnya..

Kepada yg berminat nak try tu, rasanye boleh try. Dimana ade kemahuan disitu ade jalan kan? X jadik kalu, try la lagi..

Ok, next we’ll proceed with some more techniques… jenis yg timbul2 tu.. suka! Thanks sifu!

Later