Kantha quilt tutorial

Have I been living under a rock? Am I the last to know about kantha quilting? How have I missed it, with all this evidence around me? I know I have seen such quilting I just had no idea how big of a thing it is right now. Kantha quilts'quilting originate in India and are traditionally made from saris with simple but heavy stitching. So it seems I am making a kantha quilts of sorts. Currently I have stitched 15 out of the 40 strips and used one whole ball of perle cotton.... that's 82 metres…

Sew along with us and learn a new technique - Kantha quilting! This no rules method of applique uses scraps and handquilting to create a masterpiece.

Liberty Kantha Stitch Along - Part 2

Soooo. After all these months, I took my first remote quilt class over the weekend! It was Siddi Quilt , taught by Sujata Shah of The Root...

Have you heard of Kantha quilting? My online friend Shruti Dandekar says: Kantha is one of the traditional styles of handwork popular in Eastern India - especially the state of West Bengal - and Bangladesh. It is used to either add embroidery to fabric or to quilt. You can read more about it here in Wikipedia. This month Aurifil have asked some of the Aurifil Artisans to experiment with Kantha quilting and Kaffe Fassett fabrics. I've decided to use my variegated 12wt Aurifil threads on this…

Kawandi style quilt project. Great scrap busting project.

Posts about Applique quilts written by Judy

Kantha quilts are made by stitching together flattened layers of old saris or old discarded clothes together. They look kaleidoscopic with a collection of vivid colors and designs that make …

Kawandi style quilt project. Great scrap busting project.

Kantha quilts are made by stitching together flattened layers of old saris or old discarded clothes together. They look kaleidoscopic with a collection of vivid colors and designs that make …