Kawandi quilting

Posts about Applique quilts written by Judy

Modern Kawandi Making

Kantha quilting is an age-old textile art form originating from Southeast Asia, particularly Bangladesh and Bengal. Rooted in tradition and culture, Kantha quilts serve both functional and aestheti…

After seeing on Instagram a few Kawandi quilts , I pursued learning about them. Only one YouTube tutorial somewhat inadequately explains ho...

Kawandi Style Quilt Project

What is a Siddi quilt? Here’s a link with more info, but basically they are hand-stitched textile creations made by African-Indian women. That link can take you down a rabbit hole of interest…

Siddi kawandi making in progress. It's quite amazing how the Siddi quilters can picture their designs in their had before sewing begins. This quilt has a soft cotton wadding inside for warmth but it's much lighter than the traditional kawandi that are made of layers and layers of recycled clothes and saris. #siddikawandi #handstitch #kantha #khowdi #sustainabletextiles #quilt #quilting #indiantextiles #recycledcotton #geesbend

The Dutch Modern Quilt Guild issued a challenge for last year to make something from a collection of scraps. Not any old scraps, but a bag that would be coming in the post. There was just one bag that circulated each month and the idea was that everyone would take what she needed during a month, make something, and send the bag on to the next on the list after making up the weight from her own scraps. Mine was due in December but arrived some two months late. I had just been watching some…

Quilts by Paula Fleischer, political and otherwise

Kawandi Table Runner - a fun and easy way to use up fabric scraps, creating a beautiful, hand quilted project.

Earlier in the week, I started a new kawandi quilt project. I got the back all pressed up, inserted a layer of thin cotton batting and then trimmed, pressed and pinned down the pieces around my edge. I stitched maybe one row around ... and then didn't get any further. Life, generally, just got in the way of any sewing. This morning, up too early for a Sunday as I had to drop my daughter at work by 7am, I sat in my sewing room when I got back and thought I'd add a couple of rows to my…

I wanted to learn more about Kawandi quilts and the Siddis who make them. So last spring I took a kawandi quilt making workshop.

My goal for this month was to finish the Kawandi quilt I started at the end of February. And I did! Here it is: It is just 38 x 38 cm, and made from a bag of scraps from other members of the Dutch Modern Quilt Guild. The rules of the challenge were to use scraps from the bag to make something and to only use two fabrics from your own stash. Apart from the backing and wadding I only used one fabric - the purple frame and the corners to the centrepiece; all the rest was from the bag. I used…