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This is excellent. I am so glad someone like you is keeping this alive. Much love and respect from England!
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Hi Sarah
I visited your blog recently and it is just superb. Can you please share some tutorials for neygi stitches for beginners like me. I would like to know in the neygi stitch, whether the front and back will be exact or not. Thanks,
Hi Malathi,
I have a tutorial on Pattern Darning, both reversible and non-reversible. Neygi is pattern darning in Kasuti and follows the same technique. I am sure this tutorial will help.
https://www.embroidery.rocksea.org/hand-embroidery/pattern-darning/
Click on the lessons given at the end of the page!
Thanks a lot, Sarah, for your prompt reply and the link.
so so so beautiful 🙂
Hello,
This blog has been of great help to me. Could you clarify how to proceed on to the next line for the menthi stitch if we are doing a sparrow motif ? We get running stitches on the backside right?
Mahi,
To proceed to the next row, you just have to take the needle to that position from the previous row. The back side should have straight stitches, not running stitches exactly. But, the back side is not so important. Menthi style of stitch is just like the cross stitch. Hope this helps.
Hi Sarah,
Your website is very informative. Do you know of anyone who does this embroidery on a professional level?
Hi sarah
Plz upload tutorials for kutch work…waiting
to learn that from you for a long time…I have asked you about this earlier also
Hi sarah
Plz upload tutorials for kutch work…waiting
to learn that from you for a long time…
thank u so much for such a wonderful web. this is very helpful. i liked the designs very much.
I found your website last night and I love it. There are stitches I heard about for the first time. A lot of stitching and learning is waiting for me. Thank you very much.
May I just say that the Neygi pattern n°2 in high resolution is the same than the n°1?
Have a nice sunday Sarah :-))
Thanks Christa, for informing. Have changed it!
Cheers,
hi sarah , ur website is very useful as im faculty
(fashion design) in inifd (vapi)-gujarat , our stunds have vast syllabus in designing as they r frm annamalia unversity. so v need to teach them all the countries emb.n ur site is ossam for us.thanks
Hi sarah, ur website veri usefull. iam fasion designing student this is very helpful my studing
Hi sarah,
I love your website its a delight for beginners.Your pictures of stitches are very clear & easy to understand.love the way u teach stitches step by step.
prathima.
Hi sarah,
your website is very useful, excellent and widely informative…..
HI sarah
your website is excellent and very imformative.
sudha