Stuffed Dandiya Part 2: Decorating!

Now that we've gotten our dandiyas made it's time for the fun part! Decorating!

Grab your box of trim and your dandiya and meet me back at the blog for some decorating fun!


To decorate you'll need;

• Your dandiya
• Ribbon or rick rac (this is a great time to use up scraps!) 
• Needle and thread or Fabric glue or hot glue

This is pretty self explanatory, so I'm just going to write up a few tips on how to decorate these. First you need your naked dandiya.

And then your decorations. I used some metallic trim and satin ribbon. You could also use scraps of brocade or embroidered fabric. Learn from my mistake-- check how much ribbon you have! I ran out of pink ribbon on this set and my pair doesn't look the same. Oops!

Use pins to secure the ribbon while you test out patterns you like. I used a double 'candy stripe' pattern on both of mine.

Glue or sew everything down hiding the ends as you go. I found it works best if you keep the ribbon a little taught while securing.

My daughter still loves to mouth things so I chose to sew my ribbon down. If you are sewing, use the magic hand stitch to tack the ribbon down. I put a stitch every where the ribbon crosses, and it's holding up fine.

The last step is to practice your Raas! The kids and I had so much fun-- and I didn't have to worry about anyone getting hurt (although we are all dizzy from spinning.)

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If you have a few minutes check out this neat iron review and giveaway by Anshu at Blooms and Bugs! She is so talented and as sweet as pie. Last I checked there were 22 entries, so if you need an iron, you have a good shot at winning. :)

Have a good Friday everyone!  We'll be back next week with some Halloween tutorials and more sewing fun.