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As the July Monday workshop is Kantha Quilting here's a few links for more information....

The Hand & Cloth organisation have a lovely page describing the Kantha tradition you can visit here....

Anna Hergert has written a book after studying Kantha Quilting for her City & Guild

"It all began in 1998 while working toward London City & Guilds Certification. The homework assignment included research into Kantha embroidery. Not much had been written about this specific technique. Little by little I began to embark on a personal quest to learn about this simple, yet effective form, of Indian embroidery."

You can buy a PDF copy of Anna's book  here 

or see her book preview following this link  annahergert-kantha_preview

Finally.....  lots of wonderful images can be found....

India's Kantha Quilting And Embroidery

Kantha is an straight stitch quilting technique done in Bangladesh and the West Bengal area of India. Using simple running stitches in different variations, artful, thrifty quilters sew used saris, of cotton and silk, into beautiful bedding. Some are quilted with simple rows of running stitches; others are intricate and dense with stitch patterns. Kantha is as old as the first woman who took her old sari, or one given to her and lovingly made it into an object of comfort for her family.