Friday, October 5, 2012

Stuffed Dandiya Part 2: Decorating!

Now that we've gotten our dandiyas made it's time for the fun part! Decorating!
Decorating Dandiya for Raas during Navratri-- Tutorial by Make It Handmade

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.
Decorating Dandiya for Raas during Navratri-- Tutorial by Make It Handmade

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!
Decorating Dandiya for Raas during Navratri-- Tutorial by Make It Handmade

Use pins to secure the ribbon while you test out patterns you like. I used a double 'candy stripe' pattern on both of mine.
Decorating Dandiya for Raas during Navratri-- Tutorial by Make It Handmade




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.

Decorating Dandiya for Raas during Navratri-- Tutorial by Make It Handmade


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.)

Decorating Dandiya for Raas during Navratri-- Tutorial by Make It Handmade


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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.

2 comments:

  1. This is all sorts of wonderful! I am going to attempt these. Much safer than the wooden version I have in my 3 yo's hands. Thank you!

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    1. My son is 3 and they love these. (And I love not having to 'over manage' their play!) If you give it a shot-- I'd love to see them if you ever take pictures :)

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