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Bargello with squares, not strips: the Wave pattern
Bargello quilts use strips and a sewing machine. The Wave pattern gives a bargello-style layout from 35 squares of cloth, stitched by hand.
How-to
How to cut and photograph cloth squares
Cut 6 × 6 cm squares with a window template and scissors, then photograph them in daylight so the colour comes out true. Step by step.
Craft
What is a kantha quilt, and how do makers make one?
A kantha quilt is old cloth layered and held with rows of running stitch. What makers make it from, how they stitch it and what they use it for.
Craft
What is appliqué? Appliqué work, patchwork and kantha
Appliqué sews cut cloth onto a base cloth. How it differs from patchwork and kantha, and the appliqué work of India, from Pipili to Khatwa.
Craft
What is kantha?
Kantha is a running stitch from Bengal that holds layers of old cloth together. Where it comes from, and how it differs from appliqué and patchwork.
How-to
What to do with fabric scraps
Sort fabric scraps by size, keep the useful ones and choose a project. Small makes, a patchwork panel, and how to cut scraps into squares.