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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.   ...

Super easy flower border rangoli

Super easy small and quick border rangoli design for Diwali, Sankranti 

This is one of the simplest methods of making a border for a rangoli design.  I keep trying various methods of creating simple and quick designs so that they may be of help  to beginners to decorate their homes with beautiful patterns using ready made tools  available at home.

If you want easy rangoli border designs with flowers with innovative technique using tools or rangoli lotus border design you may find this post useful.

A simple idea to form a beautiful lotus rangoli border, quick and fast trick

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I made use of tea coasters that can be used as a stencil
 Close up shows how the table coasters can be used as a stencil

Fill the gaps with rangoli colours  pink and green - for petals and leaves
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Remove the coaster gently
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Another view - this part has to be done carefully to avoid smudging
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Using a cotton bud remove excess rangoli that may spill during filling

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Using a different and related shade of pink ,  shade the inside of the flower
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A close up view of the rangoli border

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