Kawandi tutorial

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

Kawandi quilts have been on my mind ever since seeing the Collecting & Recollecting exhibit on display at the International Quilt Stud...

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…

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

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…

Hi, all! Friday is here once again, and that means it's time for us to get our whoop whoop on! I've been chasing a squirrel this week...

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…

My orange Kawandi style project is complete. I quite like how this one turned out. Orange really is underrated colour in the quilting world. I stitched this one up with another variegated Aurifil 12 weight cotton thread which I found in my stash. I must have bought this one years ago as it was a surprise to find it when I rummaged around looking for the colour I wanted to use. It runs from a cream through to coral and then to a darker burnt orange colour. It's quite a nice colouring and…

My red Kawandi project is complete and I have to just say I love, love, love the texture of this style of project. For this one, I raided my red fabric scrap basket as February is the month of lurrrrrve. I have a fair amount of red fabric scraps which meant that I had lots of choose from and play with. For the actual stitching, I used a variegated Aurifil cotton thread in 12 wt. I love the variegation of this thread as it works its way from a scarlet red down to a pale pink. Here's the back…