How to make a kantha quilt

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How to make a kantha quilt

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Күн бұрын

Learn out to make a kantha quilt as we explore this brilliant technique for upcycling old linens and scraps into a beautiful quilt. Decorated and fastened with traditional kantha embroidery stitches, this kantha quilt uses old bedsheets rather than wadding for its layers, to make it even more environmentally friendly.
We're using a Slimline floor lamp from the Daylight Company to help improve visibility and definition of the small stitches on the busy prints.
You'll find full instructions on the kantha quilt on our website at www.gathered.h...
Video contents
00:07 What is kantha?
00:46 Cutting your rectangles
00:59 Attaching your rectangles
01:35 Making the quilt blocks
02:33 Adding the inner layers
03:12 Working the kantha embroidery
04:35 Adding the quilt backing layer
05:08 Turning your kantha quilt through
05:47 Securing the backing with reef knots

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@AkhtarM28 Жыл бұрын

Authentic kanthas usually have two pieces of uninterrupted cloth (saree or bed sheet) on each side and some more rags and cut out pieces in between. The top side is decorated either with tightly knit straight running stitches or more intricate patterns and designs; in case of the latter, it is called a nakshi kantha. And most importantly, it is entirely hand stitched.

@eagle-eye29 6 ай бұрын

I thought Kantha quilts were hand stitched with random sized pieces? Perhaps this video should be called Kantha style.

@heleneikerenkotter2950 5 ай бұрын

Definitely just a small quilt sewn with with a sewing machine and some hand stitching on the surface.

@TerriTownsend 3 ай бұрын

Love it. Have fabrics all picked out but I have been looking for a block lay out. Thankyou I'm going to cut my blocks in the morning. Great video thankyou very much.

@cathyphegley7848 Жыл бұрын

I love this soooo much I got right up and cut a bunch of rectangles earlier this morning. Now I’m having tea and a snack and then I’m going to go create a jigsaw puzzle of pieces, sew them together, back them and start embroidering! It’s going to be lovely. Thank you. Have wanted to try this for a while, but your method suits my ambition.

@kellygreen3943 7 ай бұрын

It's a lovely quilt and I plan on making a larger version! Thank you for your tutorial!

@margaretWestminster 5 ай бұрын

I think this section of quilt is beautiful. Thank you ❤

@MaggieBurns-jo1wm 6 ай бұрын

Plan to use this method soon. Glad I stumbled on your video.

@marianmalone9523 6 ай бұрын

Whether this is a true kantha quilt or not, it’s beautiful and I’m so happy you shared. I have a baby quilt I’m needing to make and using vintage sheets will make this very soft and comfy the this sweet newborn. Does anyone know where you can purchase recycled saris.

@therotundhound2354 3 ай бұрын

Just finished mine, did lots of hand top stitching hard work but totally addictive

@nnmmnn9442 Ай бұрын

Спасибо!❤

@robinaanstey3734 Жыл бұрын

This is more "Boro" style than Kantha. Kantha sews all layers together in a continuous running stitch folding the sides inside as you go. This tutorial left me a tad confused as to what you're "doing" there, and I certainly couldn't see your stitches at all. One thing I do like about yours is that it's colorful.

@romarin888 11 ай бұрын

No Boro even … 🙃

@romarin888 11 ай бұрын

I have photos of true Kantha. ! But I don’t know how to show you.

@sheilatrant-mccarthy6555 Жыл бұрын

That's not a kantha quilt.

@romarin888 11 ай бұрын

💯 agree it’s not Kantha please it’s absolutely not a Kantha. It’s not good to say wrong to people 😔

@GypsyinAus Жыл бұрын

I wish I could see the stitches close up

@stitchinnbitchinyall9511 Жыл бұрын

Me too!!!

@betsybeadhead Жыл бұрын

They are just running stitches.

@doraleetrent1802 Жыл бұрын

@@betsybeadhead just nice to see how even and how close.

@marylynch4178 Жыл бұрын

5 1/2" by 11"

@dancingmatildashoes 5 ай бұрын

As far as I know this is early traditional way to make a quilt. What’s this Kantha business? Why confuse new quilters? They’re Already confused.

@juliannefowler7134 Жыл бұрын

Does anyone know what tool she used to press the seams? It looks way easier than ironing all the seams!

@anitabarra810 Жыл бұрын

It’s a sewing tool by Clover, I believe, but I use a wallpaper seam roller that was much, much cheaper and wooden. Works great, and I keep it tight next to my machine.

@LadyAtemu 22 күн бұрын

Kantha is not Indian it’s a Bangladeshi UNESCO world heritage art 🇧🇩

@karenkaren9526 6 ай бұрын

I was sort of wondering about that

@sibatsheikh Жыл бұрын

Indian AND BANGLADESHI. Please do your research.

@irmar 8 ай бұрын

When these quilts were "invented", India was still whole.

@nancyharman4795 6 ай бұрын

CONFUSION: Given a quarter-inch seam allowance when sewing rectangles into pairs, the measurements seem a bit off: If the long side of each rectangle measures 11 inches, then (to get a square block when sewing two rectangles together) the short sides would need to measure 5.75 inches, not 5.5 inches. Otherwise, you'll end up with blocks that measure 11x10.5 inches. OR, cut the rectangles 5.5x10.5 inches to get a 10.5" square block; when sewn into the quilt top, each square block should finish 10x10 inches. You demonstrated an interesting process, but I was expecting to learn authentic kantha quilting, not a derivation of the original craft. But, lovely colors/fabric patterns! 😊

@EverythingsOrange 6 ай бұрын

And to make it more confusing it looks like she's cutting it at 5.25" so she must've shortened it to 10" on the next clip giving 9.5" finished squares

@margaretWestminster Жыл бұрын

I love this . What size are the oblong shapes, they don't look like 4x4

@bycasas Жыл бұрын

She says the rectangles are 5.5 x 11 inches.

@HeatherG-qg5px 5 ай бұрын

She meant 4 patch when she said 4 x4

@anjugoel4218 Жыл бұрын

Not a kantha quilt

@queva3062 9 ай бұрын

What is?.

@eileenfb1948 4 ай бұрын

Google says Kantha is raw edge

@vagabonddeesadventures8491 Жыл бұрын

This isn’t traditional Kantha quilting. Nor is it Kawandi. Why would you violate traditional quilting by either ethnic group. I never understand why someone would do that. You can say you were inspired by their method but this is not their traditional style and I find that to be disrespectful. Appropriation at its finest.

@queva3062 9 ай бұрын

" inspired " is the word. In one video, a Japanese guy was so upset abt some KZfaqrs' videos of Boro & Sashiko works.

@mariannekapoulitsa2327 6 ай бұрын

OMG you are so precious. I have an Indian friend who just made one and is definitely not offended by this tutorial You should not have watched if it so offensive

@hazelem1266 5 ай бұрын

I don’t know why some people get so offended by the actions of others, and especially over something like a quilt. Let her call it whatever she wants.

@NordicaTundra 5 ай бұрын

We don't care. Get over yourself. The quilt is beautiful.

@pluckedpins 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for saying this. I was looking for information about how to make a Kantha quilt and don't like to be misled. This is the first tutorial that "popped up"' for me through Google in a search for Kantha quilting tutorials, and I'm grateful that people have pointed out the inaccuracy of the title. "Inspired" would have been much less misleading. I choose to believe that this was not intentionally misleading. To the publisher of this video, please be mindful of spreading misinformation about an underrepresented culture, it leads directly to degradation of the technique and confusion as more people come here to learn, and mistakenly believe they've come away with something that they have not, and go on to spread the misinformation. And it's just not right to continue the same way once it's been brought to your attention. It's not too late to change the title on your video to be more accurate, and it is more important than you might yet realize.