More Silai Kadai...

It is Wednesday, time for another post and this week, the focus is on my mother's handiwork...or rather some of the pieces she has made...some going back to 50 yrs...and some very recent. As I shared in my Silai Kadai post, Amma loves to crochet and she has learnt many a stich from her friends. Amma grew up in an orthodox traditional Brahmin family,...which meant back then, that if she would visit any of the non-Brahmin homes to learn, she would have to have to come home and, take a shower! Anyway, she loved art so much, that everything was ok..as long as she kept learning.

Though the junoon is less now,...she keeps pushing herself to do one project or the other. It can be a set of stoles for her nieces or a crochet doily or a lace trim for a pillow. Do you have some beautiful things that your mom has created? Do share them...

Sharing some of amma's pieces...you can click on the picture to view a larger image...

...Crocheted stoles to warm up those cold winters...

...some Embroidery and the Star Cross-stitch work...

...Crocheted doilies and lace trims....

...Lace trim on Pillows lends an old world quintessential charm...

Now for some fun stuff,... remmeber that tapestry work that I had created and shared with you last year...I used the remaining pieces of cloth from my grandmothers and amma's sarees to create a round cushion for a stool and added some chikki-picki pieces to decorate the cushion... acc to my aunt the tiny triangles with glass and beads are gorgeous women who are dancing with the guys - triangles with the purple and fushia embroidery...(smile)

...Hope you liked the post...Until next time...Ciao


~ Anpu