Kantha tutorial

In June we are hosting a one-day workshop, Kantha Stitching with expert teacher Ekta Kaul. Kantha is a beautiful stitch technique from the Indian subcontinent with a rich heritage rooted in storytelling and upcycling. Ekta is an award-winning textile artist who creates ‘StoryMaps’- narrative cartographic textiles that

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 how to make Kantha Quilt patterns in tutorials with step-by-step instructions to guide you! Make handmade vintage and classic embroidery quilts!

Detailed instructions to stitch the stunning Indian embroidery - Kantha work. Step by step instructions with designs and illustrations.

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 is a style of quilt created by the Siddi people of India, traditionally done by hand. It is truly scrappy and improvisational. While I like doing hand work, I was also intrigued by faster machine methods. I've listed some resources at the end of this tutorial if you are interested in creating Kawandi by hand, want to see another machine tutorial, want to see some footage of Siddi creating Kawandi by hand, and a discussion of creating Kawandi in your own style. This tutorial describes…

Сегодня расскажу об очень вдохновившем меня виде вышивки, а именно об индийском искусстве кантха. Кантха - это некое подобие квилта, только в нем нет никаких схем и правил, что очень мне по душе :) Этакое свободное творение, полет души художника. Кантха представляет из себя стеганое многослойное полотно, изначально создававшееся из старых, пришедших в негодность вещей (например, износившиеся или полинявшие сари). Такие слои складываются между собой и сначала простегиваются по кромке, а затем…

I have finished the spirals and scrolls with kantha stitch using 2 strands of black stranded cotton thread. Then I have filled the center motif with a stitch called 'kantha booti' using 2 strands of black floss. Booti means motif. Please don't fill the motif with very closely placed stitches like satin stitch filling. Did you notice that this kantha booti in our pattern is not symmetrical ?Asymmetrical are part of many kantha quilts. I thought some of you would like to have a tutorial for…