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Kantha embroidery

The traditional folk art is famous as Kantha which means 'Patched cloth'. The original Kantha is double faced where the design appeared identical on either sides of the fabric. The great length of stitch is broken into tiny tacking's which gives almost a dotted appearance on either sides of the quilt like "Do rukha". Sometimes the embroidery is so finely done that it is very difficult to identify the wrong side.

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a close up of a cross stitch on a woven piece of cloth with a green needle

Kantha outlines with the Running Stitch Kantha Work thrives on the Running Stitch. The easiest way to work this embroidery is to just learn how to work the…

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an embroidered flower on a blue background with yellow and red beads in the center,

My first introduction to stitching was cross stitch, which I dutifully completed throughout my teens and my early adulthood. My first foray into the wider world of stitching was a Kantha stitch kit

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