Kawandi with Sujata
from Fret Not Yourself
The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.
~Jane Addams
Quilting
Last month Sujata Shah presented a lecture and workshop to our guild. She has a new class on kawandi which are quilts made by the Siddi people - Indians of African descent. Because some arrived as early as the 7th century while others came as slaves during the African Diaspora, regions have differing customs.
Kawandis are uniquely designed from the outside in. Siddis begin with a sari as the backing, baste waste fabric on ...
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