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Patchwork, Boro Embroidery, Kantha Patchwork Quilt, Hand Quilting Technique, Kantha Quilting, Kantha Cloth, Hand Quilting Patterns, Boro Stitching, Indian Quilt

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…

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Shari LaFleur
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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…

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Ruthie Morrison

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