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 …

Learn to make a whole quilt cloth with 4 layer gauze. This is one of the EASIEST and softest quilts you can make.

A very general update on my Kawandi quilting adventures, including information on my next class session with Gotham Quilts.

So I hadn't posted in over a month, and now it's two blog posts in two days! Gosh, let's see how well I can keep up this momentum ;-) Liberty Kantha Table Runner by Anorina Morris Vintage Liberty Fabrics Over on Instagram, @tinacatsew and @ava_and_neve are once again hosting the #libertysocietykanthastitchalong which is a lot of fun. Ava & Neve are THE place to shop for Liberty fabrics here in Australia so with some fabrics I have from their store along with some fabrics which a friend sent…

Roben-Marie gives detailed information on how she got inspired by these beautiful fabrics and how she turned them into curtains for her studio.

Roben-Marie gives detailed information on how she got inspired by these beautiful fabrics and how she turned them into curtains for her studio.

Have you seen these gorgeous Kantha quilts? They came on my radar a little while ago and I've been meaning to get this post out so I could tell you about it. The patterns are

Manjari from @kanthabymanjari takes us through Indian Kantha Quilting techniques for her Hovea Jacket!

This last couple of weeks, I've been away with my family, enjoying a Carnival cruise around the south pacific. We had a lovely time away enjoying time on tropical islands and sea days filled up with ship activities. There is always a lot to do on a ship. I knew that I'd need something to sew when I had downtime, so brought a small bag of pink scraps to work on a Kawandi style project. It's very portable style of project to work on while away from the sewing room. The night before we left, I…

Welcome to the weekly hand stitching party! It has been a spectacular fall here in Southern Ontario with a display of colour like I can't e...

It's finally here! The video showing you how I do big stitch quilting - a super easy and fun hand quilting technique! Big stitch quilting is my new favorite way to hand quilt - I'm not sure I'll ever go back to traditional hand quilting. It's just so much fun! I love the chunkiness of the