Finding Childhood Craft Treasures V: Flower Inspired Embroidered Pillowcases

Embroidered pillowcases. Now moving from animal inspired to flower inspired.

Not sure what the center red motif is! I somehow managed to mess it up.

I am such a Lazy Daisy

Finding Childhood Craft Treasures I: Home and a Crafty Past of Animal Embroidered Pillowcases

(Jetlag has hit me quite hard. Wonderful)

(I have been thinking about what to do with this blog during my time here in India. Ok. So this is what I have decided: all of you, who so kindly visit my blog, will get a dose (!) of my family and my dailiness here. I will also feature craft locations, my craft ventures, and other crafty life in Bangalore and other places I may visit...)

The past couple of days have been spent getting (re)adjusted to living with my crazy, nutty family. My family has once again taken over my life. Big surprise. Here is my pretty grandma who lives with us. She will be 86 this March, and being around her brings back warm, comforting childhood memories.

My Grandma

I have two younger brothers (save me!), Rayan and Alan. I have lived away from home since I finished my under-grad, so every time I see my little brother, Alan, all growing up is a pleasant but surprising realization.

Alan (extreme left) with his friends, goofing off in my Dad's office.

Now for craft stuff. My mother is so excited about my blog, she has kept all my old needlework and craft projects ready to be featured on the blog! I was amazed to see the pile of stuff she had gathered from around the house. I hope she does not go around asking my relatives and friends for gifts I had made for them centuries ago.

Today is animal embroidered pillowcase day. I think I embroidered these cases when I was 16 (?)

When I was taking pictures today, I realized I hadn't embroidered Mommy Hen's legs!

Monkeying around

Ongoing Madness: Dissertation Proposals and Crafting Organization

Yesterday was a wonderful day :) I defended my Ph.D dissertation proposal. One more thing done. My colleagues at school gave me these beautiful flowers. For some reason, the pictures are not uploading. Thank you for the flowers!

One thing leads to another. For me, most roads lead to something crafty. I desperately need to organize these embroidery threads. My mother will see them soon, and if they are in this state, she will have a fright.

Birthday Celebrations, Zakir Hussain, and Crafty Gifts

Ten days ago was my birthday. One more wonderful year ahead :) These pictures were in a camera with "accessibility issues", therefore the delay.

My birthday celebrations (as many of my friends know, I take my birthday quite seriously) began on 17th night with Zakir Hussain (yes, The Zakir Hussain) and Rahul Sharma's performance. I have concluded that there is no way to describe what we saw, heard, and experienced. I should leave it at that.



On my birthday, Suketu had arranged this great surprise brunch for me--it was wonderful. A big thank you to all my friends for stopping by. Posting one picture for now. Here are Anu and Thrupthi....and me.

Crafty birthday gifts! Kiran gave me this purse...hand-made by the Toda tribe from the Nilgiri mountains in Southern India. Amongst many things, they are known for their unique craft work. I am in love with the embroidery on this purse.

Do you have it in you?: UFOs

This morning, I got my usual Knitting Daily email. Sandi Wiseheart challenged us to take the UFO (UnFinished Object) poll. Basically, count the number of projects still on needles! Great. Well, I guess it is time to face my demon.

The good news is that I have no pending crochet projects. Well, the bad news is that I have five (maybe... six?) projects on knitting needles. Hmmm. The bright side to this story is that I know at least 3 people who have at least 15 ongoing projects. That should make me feel better, right?