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Discussion in 'Sewing & Stitching' started by swaran, Jul 3, 2012.

  1. swaran

    swaran IL Hall of Fame

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    Hi All,:hiya

    At the time of marraige(5 years back),my MIL gifted me few regular use sarees(plain printed ones) which i dint use since a looooong time as i dont wear saree at home and kept it inside and totally forgot about the sarees...few months back i suddenly thought about those sarees,felt bad for not using them and so decided to use them,but then i dont use them regularly and they are not that good to wear outside ??? how to use them :confused2:..


    Then i came up with an idea,decided to decorate the sarees a little so that i can wear them outside for small poojas/functions/outings..:2thumbsup:


    First,i bought matching lace/borders for those 3 sarees and got them attached..after that i decorated a little with kundans stones and glitters...took one saree per weekend...No time to do a grand work ,just did a simple work but still something to make the normal saree look a little bright.. :) to make myself feel proud that i am wearing my own designer saree...:biggrin2:


    I dint find time to decorate the whole saree top-bottom but designed/decorated

    *the pallu part-this i did little for 2 sarees ,dint do for the multi colour saree as i felt it would look better without the pallu part decoration
    *the part before the pallu that would come in the front body area(the chest area)
    *the down area or to say the starting of the saree till the area where the down pleats would get over..did not cover the entire width, only 1/2 of the width area..this i either decorated with glitters or fixed plain kundan stones(you can see in the multicolour saree)
    *very little on the blouse either with plain white kundans or small flower like patterns



    Have a look at the finished sarees...

    Saree 1
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    Out of the three sarees,i wore this alone for a birthday party and few ladies asked where i got this saree.. ;-)..i told them that i decorated it myself(ofcourse i felt very proud of it)
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    Saree 2
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    Saree 3
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    Hachiko Gold IL'ite

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    Wow ...what a creative idea in recycling old sarees. I like the way you decorated it kundan and lace.They gave new dimension to the saree.Thanks for sharing.
     
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    WOWW..Great work Swaran.. Wonerful idea..Now sarees are looking pretty cool
     
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    Continued...
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    You are amazing Swaran. The moment we finish our 'ooooh's and 'aaaah's over your work, you post another set of creations which showcase a whole new side of your creativity..

    Many many :hatsoff :hatsoff :hatsoff to you...
     
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    thank you very much hachiko for the likes and feedback :)

    thanks a lot narmadha :)
     
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    thanks a lot orion for such an encouraging feedback :)
    if not for our IL friends,i wouldnt have tried so many things,seriously!!!!
    thanks a lot for always being there :)
     
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    Nice idea - your efforts have paid off well
     

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