Jan in VA

It's called Kantha stitching and it's the next "new" thing in the quilting/modern quilting world according to several sources.

Check out this site for information on this very interesting uptick in quilting -- both hand and machine:
http://www.equilter.com/blog/

Then check out the following for great supplies including needles, thimbles, and great threads:
http://www.equilter.com/category/190...20160831012442

YES, I WILL be ordering from them -- the threads thrill me!!

Jan in VA

Tartan

​Big stitch quilting has been around for a while now. The Kantha stitching seems to be the same as big stitch only rather then following the piecing, it is creating designs on the fabric as well.

Onebyone

My last hand quilted quilt I did big stitching using size 12 cotton thread. It was about four stitches per inch. It looked great and everyone thought it was the neatest thing ever. Ugh except the fuddy duddy members of my ex guild. They said it wasn't real quilting. LOL I will check out the new supplies. I love doing it, took about 1/4 the time of regular hand quilting. I won a viewer's choice ribbon.

Geri B

Looks like the Indian version of sashiko or big stitch primitive using flashier threads.......

QuiltnNan

thanks for the link... interesting

sweet

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing this new technique, sort of "Indian Sashiko".

Jan in VA

Yes, it has, and that's exactly what she mentions in this blog. I've almost always used quilting templates when doing my hand quilting designs in big stitch -- which I have been doing on most quilts since the late 90s. I was thrilled to see it described in this "new" to us way, as it comes out of India and nearby countries.

Jan in VA

Jan in VA

It IS!! That's why I was tickled about it; I hope it will begin to receive more attention and fewer complaints when this catches on don't you?!

Jan in VA

Jane Quilter

Same to me. I used it in the "new baby quilt" thread I started in april 2016 with a pic. Got no negative ccoments

But my daughter, a millennial, requested it and loves it. It seems to be the new modern way

Jane Quilter

Thanks for the site, I signed up and ordered from them already. I love their website, fabrics and patterns. Now the thread will be easier to order.

I remember when those member criticized long arm quilting. Oops, my age is showing.