Aari work in Eraniel
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Blouse work and stitching for Eraniel and the villages around it.
Ask about your designWork is done by hand in Nagercoil and finished pieces are returned to customers in Eraniel. Send a photograph of the design on WhatsApp and you will get a straight answer on what it takes and what it costs.
Eraniel is a small town, and what comes from there is mostly everyday rather than bridal - which is work worth having.
Stitching and work together
A good share of Eraniel customers want the blouse stitched as well as worked. That is the arrangement that produces the best result anyway: one person measures, cuts, stitches and embroiders, so the design is placed for the finished blouse rather than for a flat piece of cloth, and no seam ends up running through a motif.
Modest work, done properly
A single clean motif at the neckline of a cotton or a soft silk blouse, worked by hand, costs a fraction of a bridal piece and is what most people will actually wear. It is also unforgiving - on a plain blouse there is nowhere for loose work to hide - which is exactly why it should be done by hand and not glued on.
Family functions
Sets come from Eraniel too: three or four blouses in matching material for a family attending the same wedding, sometimes with a child's pattu pavadai worked to match. Say so at the start, because a set is planned differently from a single piece.
How an order works
Nothing here needs a shop visit to begin. Most orders start and finish on WhatsApp.
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Send the design
A photograph on WhatsApp is enough - something you have seen, saved from Instagram, or drawn. Tell us the date you need it by.
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Get a straight answer
What it will take, what it will cost, and whether it can be done in the time you have. If it cannot, you will be told that rather than strung along.
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Measurements or a blouse that fits
Come and be measured, or send an old blouse that fits you well. Bring your own material - most customers do, and it costs less.
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The work itself
The design is traced, the fabric stretched on a frame, and every bead, stone and length of zari worked in by hand. Two to three weeks for bridal work.
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Collected or delivered
Ready to collect in Nagercoil, or sent to you anywhere in Kanyakumari district.
Questions about Eraniel
- Can you stitch and work several blouses as a set?
- Yes. Sets come through regularly - three or four blouses in matching material for a family attending the same wedding, sometimes with a child's pattu pavadai worked to match. Say so at the start, because a set is planned differently from a single piece.
Send the design and get a straight answer
A photograph of what you have in mind and the date you need it by is enough to quote from.