Kawandi quilt tutorial

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…

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

Posts about Applique quilts written by Judy

Soooo. After all these months, I took my first remote quilt class over the weekend! It was Siddi Quilt , taught by Sujata Shah of The Root...

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

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…

Kawandi style quilt project. Great scrap busting project.

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

I finished making my large kawandi style quilt! 19 months after starting, Oscar and I are snuggling with a finished project, and we love it.