Kantha quilts
@GardenGerty (160952)
United States
December 20, 2024 5:05pm CST
My lead teacher bought us each a Kantha quilt for Christmas. I am hoping that we will have a discussion about them from those of you who are familiar. I know these are not authentic, but I love mine anyway. It is so funny as I had just been reading about them online. Thinking I would like to try one sometime.
The craft of making Kantha quilts is from East India?, or Bangladesh? and it is a domestic art of making coverlets or quilts from old garments. They are not filled with batting and they are held together with long stitches. I am hoping I am explaining this right. Hopefully some people who know the authentic craft will talk to us here.
Mine has a pretty gold color on most of the back. The front is varying shades of gold and blue and teal and a little red.
I am not sure where Ellen got them, but it is a thoughtful gesture I will enjoy.
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
4h
I got to pick one I liked the colors on.
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
4h
Something else to look up in your "spare" time.
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@kaylachan (71762)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Dec
We learn something new everyday, I just did.
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@RebeccasFarm (90474)
• Arvada, Colorado
21 Dec
I remember seeing those quilt barns in Kansas.
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
4h
Lots and lots of quilts here, including barn quilts which are actually painted on wood and hung on the barns or fences.
@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
4h
It is like those fleece blankets in size. Not huge, but very comfy.
@snowy22315 (182192)
• United States
21 Dec
I never heard of them, but I think I might recognize one if I saw it.
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
4h
Yes, as soon as I saw these I knew what they were. It has no batting or wadding in it, just layers and layers of muslin.
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@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
5h
They sound lovely, I had never heard about them,
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@LindaOHio (181642)
• United States
18h
It sounds lovely. Can you post a picture? Have a good weekend.
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@GardenGerty (160952)
• United States
4h
I am sick right now and just barely doing anything. I will send a photo that shows both front and back.
@LooeyVille (63)
• United States
14h
I will research that. It's the first I'm hearing of them.
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