Easy vest DIY tutorial for Nitai Gaur or Krishna deities

gauranitai murti diy tutorial deity clothes

Summer is so easy! Just lovely breezy dhoti & nice light shawls. Once winter rolls around I start wishing I had more shirts for my dear Lords, so I have come up with a really simple shirt option.

This set is basically a sleeveless vest option and there are a variety of fabrics you can experiment with.

For this tutorial I used quite a flexible but heavy thai shot silk fabric (given to me by a very dear friend, thank you!).

I have also made longer looser versions in a sheer fabric which look really lovely on, they work really well and nicely, almost like flowy shawls.

The beauty of this pattern is it’s ease. It suits a beginner skill level, and there are no tricky sleeve insets in sight!

DIY sewing deity tutorial — after measuring the shoulder to waist height of your deities, double it so that each fabric strip will fold tidily over each shoulder. Hem both all the way around as needed.

How to make murti clothes for Nitai Gaur shirts — Once you have hemmed each strip of fabric, create pleats in the centre so that the neckline is narrower. Stitch across your pleats to secure them in place.

Deity garment tutorial — Now leaving enough room for the arm to pass through the hole and the top to sit around the shoulder, carefully overlap the fabric and stitch down, securing each strip of fabric into a half of the top

Deity Clothes DIY top tutorial for SEVA Vaishnava devotees of Krishna — Inside out, note the seams and stitching so you can understand how to do it.

Deity Murti top tutorial for sewing for your deities — Turn the tops in the right way and test on your deities. These little sleeveless vests can be pulled together tightly for warmth, and belted, or they can be left open and flowing.
The thai silk I have used for this set actually sits really nicely and is moldable, but I have also made versions where I have put velcro at the back so it closes securely.

For more DIY deity tutorials browse through these posts.

I posted this set off, so couldn’t share a photo of them on.

This was the first type of top I made for my own deities, and it really is the foundation of long sleeve top patterns I will plan to share later on.

Try it in light fabrics! Add braid, add trims, have fun, and share your pics I would LOVE to see your creativity.

Be sure to let me know if my tutorial is lacking, I might have to work on improving it. Hopefully you’ll get the idea of how to construct these easy deity vests.