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Easy rangoli designs - beginners

Though I have drawn all the designs myself personally I am thankful to my family for the inputs, information and help in drafting all the posts so far.  I have used the terms kolam  rangoli quite freely in all the posts. Probably there would have been differences based on classical (!) explanations in the past but today kolams can also be colourful like rangolis both in the free hand and dots type  I find that even the terms rangoli kolam and kolam rangoli are used at  present. The only area where I think kolam are different are in sikku kolam and arisi maavu kolam. Both are beautiful, challenging and can be intricate . Rangoli is muggulu in Telugu and so this post will be useful for those in search of small and simple muggulu for beginners.  This post   may have answers  kutty rangoli /kolam designs The rangoli in the image below is one of the basic designs that can be used for learning.   Form a star with two inverted triangles.   ...

Saree golden lace simple craft ideas

Simple Varamahalakshmi festival decoration | Easy Navratri decoration 
Material needed

1.Saree lace designs ( the price of length of 9 metres approx is about Rs.1500 online for a lace with lot of embroidery work.  We can get in craft shops simple designs for a cost of Rs.60 per metre)
2.Fancy lace ( the price is Rs.6 per metre)
3.Kundan stones
4. Fabric glue
An easy garland for Varalakshmi idol.   The festival date for 2018 is 24th of August.
                         
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The image shows the items needed.

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Roll the lace and arrange the flowers to decide the length of the garland required

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Cut with a pair of scissors.  The number of flowers should be in odd numbers
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Apply fabric glue on the rear side 9 fabric glue dries easily and is transparent after drying

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Stick kundan stones

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Take a golden lace and fold it as shown and apply glue at the bottom inside the fold

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Before that measure the length of the fancy lace required it should be longer than the saree lace so that we can tie the garland
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Place one flower at the bottom and stick it after applying glue

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With red and green kundan stones the medallion of the garland is ready
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Now apply glue on the floral patterns , stick kundan stones.  Apply glue on the lace
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Stick the golden saree lace to the fancy lace so that there are equal number of flowers on either side
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Tie the garland to Goddess Lakshmi - idol or kalasam with a staple  or pin
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A very easy decoration for these festivals that can be made easily. There are various types of
designer laces, the options are many.