Jadai decoration and flower tying

Submitted by judelined on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 21:39
This nephew got engaged on Jan 27, 2010 and this was the jadai decoration done by me for the bride-to-be. I had learned a different method to tie flowers from one of my friends and used that technique here. The colour of the wool used is to match the colour of her saree which was rani pink. Since the pattern is not too clear on the jadai, I put a small bit on the head of her cousin and took a picture for everyone to enjoy :) (I used nithyamalli here)
lakshmiraghu
hey judy excellent..please teach me...
Tue, 02/02/2010 - 21:44 Permalink
judelined
Sure Lakshmi - you teach me your way (that round garland) and I will teach you mine :)
Tue, 02/02/2010 - 21:53 Permalink
sudhabalakrishnan
Heyyyyy Judy, It is really nice, you have to teach me, Nice decoration around the jadebillai, I know two types of tying flowers one is the usual one and they say dindu which means it comes like a garland. a good topic from usual kolams, i am enjoying it.
Tue, 02/02/2010 - 22:08 Permalink
judelined
I think you are referring to the one that Lakshmi has done Sudha 'dindu'(look in the same section culture flower tying done by Lakshmi) and it would be my pleasure to teach you too :)
Tue, 02/02/2010 - 22:32 Permalink
sudhabalakrishnan
Judy it looks so nice that it looks like you have zipped the flowers. the centre line in green is looking great in between the two pink wollen threads. I am very anxious to learn this type. are they two different threads or a single threads?
Tue, 02/02/2010 - 22:42 Permalink
judelined
Just one single thread Sudha - it forms a plait like design :)
Tue, 02/02/2010 - 22:47 Permalink
brindhanagesh
Very nice Judy. I also want to learn this. I have seen this type of floral arrangement but didn't get a chance to learn. If you upload a video (if possible)we can see how to make this.
Wed, 02/03/2010 - 01:29 Permalink
Sumathi.v
Flower tying is also good and the jadai looks beautiful.did u make the jadai too?
Wed, 02/03/2010 - 07:04 Permalink
renukagokul

Very nice jadai decoration Judy.but if u have u sed the flowers in single sided instesd of 2 side ones the flower wud have nicely fit around the jadai billai. renuka
Wed, 02/03/2010 - 07:58 Permalink
subashini

Very nice Judy. I also want to learn this
Wed, 02/03/2010 - 18:25 Permalink
judelined
Thank you Lata, sudha (hehe), Brindha (good idea dear, I will try and record this and upload sooner or later), Sumathi (that was a readymade piece of jewellery that we hired from a fancy store dear), Renuka (actually I too thought of the same thing after reaching there it would have definitely been excellent if it was single row, but I had tied the flowers before I went to the girl's house itself so could not do much thereafter) & Subashini.
Thu, 02/04/2010 - 03:00 Permalink
sudhabalakrishnan
Judy, I think you can conduct classess on this type of flower tying. Hopefully we look forward for a new ad FLOWER TYING CLASSESS ON DEMAND . If you start, by any chance please do not forget me ????????
Thu, 02/04/2010 - 03:32 Permalink
Sarasp
Wow! That looks beautiful Judy.. U R an All-rounder! OK u were busy at the wedding, no wonder all the grapes were withered on your farm! hehe! Saras
Thu, 02/04/2010 - 04:11 Permalink
vyjayanthi
Hi Judelined, I have two point to tell u. This is fantastic work, why don't u take a video and upload, we will all learn. U had sometime ask for tracing design of my kolam ( a lady drawning kolam), i had seen your comments recently, i would definately would like to share the design but how do i sent please sent me your id. thanks. Vyjayanthi
Fri, 02/05/2010 - 03:38 Permalink
jayamohan
Very nice, Judy! I tie jadhi malli in this fashion. I've seen this type of sarams being sold in some parts of Kerala, esp. for 'jadai alangaram'. We will have a demo in our next meet, ok?
Fri, 02/05/2010 - 21:17 Permalink
judelined
Sudha you are first on the list dont worry :) Yes Saras was busy and could not harvest in time to save my crops (hehe), Vasuki will surely teach you also, Vyjayanthi I must try and get a video done and upload soon (my email id is judelined@gmail.com), Jaya - yes all long (strong kaambu) flowers can be tied in this fashion. We can surely demo this in the next meet (when is it Lakshmi??) :)
Sun, 02/07/2010 - 22:40 Permalink
sudhabalakrishnan
so lakshmi planning for a chennai meet ?
Sun, 02/07/2010 - 23:26 Permalink
rajamma_2

Very interesting to read ALL the comments which are as long as a previous generation girl's Pinnal. Why worry about learning this art?which girl is ready to grow her hair long to put pinnal or put flowers in that? OK..only on the wedding time we can do that to hide the false hair pinnal. Judy, leave alone my polambal, I admire your art of Poo thodukkal! rajamma
Mon, 02/08/2010 - 20:09 Permalink
manickavachakam
wow! superb. I also want to put this jadai but i lost all my original hair now it is very thin. so, I enjoy watching this.
Tue, 02/09/2010 - 22:51 Permalink
judelined
Hehe Rajamma this girl also used false hair and I also polambifying with you on the same thing. Manickavachakam thanks for your comments and though I also lost my hair to more than half its original thickness I still dont have the heart to cut it.
Wed, 02/10/2010 - 00:49 Permalink
anirudh
interesting way of tieing flowers like a mat, & read all these comments....btw rajammaji, the kid girl in one of the shampoo advt, is interested grow long hair... "mere baal lamba kyon nahi" :)
Wed, 02/10/2010 - 01:09 Permalink
anantharajam
very nice!!!ikolam members doing---podikolam,makolam,pookolam,and now----JADAIKOLAM also. good art work.Thank you Ananthalakshmy
Wed, 02/10/2010 - 01:33 Permalink
Lata
Anirudhji, we like that commercial a lot. My girls and I relate to that. :) It is interesting to know how you feel about it Judy. I got tired of being the one with the longest hair (braid) while growing up, and then in my law's house too. During the school years (in the north), the aunties would want to measure/feel my hair, to make sure if it was real (the usual comment; yeh asli he yaa nakli?). After a few years of living in the US, I'm no longer obsessed with keeping my long hair long anymore. :)
Wed, 02/10/2010 - 17:25 Permalink
sudhabalakrishnan
A good topic with nice comments i really enjoyed, thanks judy
Tue, 02/16/2010 - 20:29 Permalink
judelined
Anirudh it is a cute advertisement, but you see these days kids prefer to have short hair because their mothers would want them to oil and plait their hair if it was long - which they would love to leave loose instead without any oil at all.. My niece (who is married and has a 3 year old son) has never plaited her hair at all for many many years (only on the day of her marriage and seemantham she was forceably made to do so) - that is phashon (I mean fashion) you see.. Thank you Anantharajam for your sweet comment.. Lata actually Anita too likes to grow her hair too but since she has bit of a wavy texture the length does not show correctly.. Actually I too sometimes get tired of long hair - maintaining it, combing it etc. etc. becomes a real pain but when I see eyes of envy I just cant cut it. I too can proudly say that I have the longest hair in my family both maternal and inlaw's side. At my nephew's engagement last month - someone from the girl's side wanted to know if it was false hair and I had to literally make them pull my hair to prove them wrong (haha)..
Sun, 02/21/2010 - 21:51 Permalink