Ayesha with her embroidery.

From Simple to Chic: The Embroidery Effect

We would like to introduce you to two very important members of our team who elevate what we offer our clients, through their incredible embroidery skills.

Hand embroidery possesses an unequalled charm. A simple flower and stem in the corner of a hanky lifts the piece from ordinary to delicately beautiful. The sometimes uneven running stitch or 'kantha' stitch can elevate absolutely any fabric from 0 to a 100 on a simple-chic scale. It’s this transformative power we celebrate !
Meet Mouly apprentice at a vintage car service station by day, master  embroiderer by night
Mouly, is a tall, lanky young man, with a hearing and speech impairment. But nothing stops him from creating art masterpieces. He draws, paints and embroiders with passion. His day job is apprenticing at a vintage car service station, where he helps repair some of Bangalore’s beautiful vintage cars that come in for routine repairs. We outsource embroidery onto our ‘lavender bags’ to him, whenever a wedding giveaway order comes in. He works with precision and speed and ensures a delighted client.

Ayesha loves the rigour and monotony of the kantha stitch makes magic by running the stitch over neatly drawn patterns

Ayesha's embroidery skills were discovered more recently. A chance admittance to an embroidery learning session at Diya Foundation, in between her candle making day, revealed a latent talent. She loved the rigour and monotony of the kantha stitch and soon discovered she could make magic by running the stitch over neatly drawn patterns. She was taught the chain stitch and satin stitch and fell in love with those  too, creating pretty floral patches. She'd carry her work home, and soon there were worried calls from her mother about her sleeping only after a design was complete. The joy and enthusiasm with which she works on her patches is infectious and she has her colleagues Rekha and Bhuvana wanting in. When they have a free afternoon, she patiently teaches them Kantha and watching that is a treat!

Ayesha.
Do visit us at Diya Innovations, to meet the team and see the products crafted by them. Your patronage encourages our artisans to learn more and do better! It also helps them earn better and aspire to better futures.