Kawandi. Techniques and Tips for Your First Quilt

This video will show the tips and techniques I have found out from making my very first Kawandi. I’ve sewn it as authentically as I could and hopefully you will find yourself inspired to try and make one too. I should have mentioned in the video that the people for whom this is a heritage craft are the Siddi people. They are originally from Africa and now live in India. Here is a link to a good article and some wonderful photographs of authentic Kawandi. Here is also a short video of women working on quilts. This video had to be re-edited as I had made a mistake on it which I hadn’t realised until someone kindly pointed it out to me. Here is a link to the quilts of Margaret Fabrizio, who is the authority on Kawandi. I hope you enjoy watching and will have a try at making a Kawandi yourself. Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:41 What to Use as Batting 03:56 Starting to Stitch