Come winter, the quilting tradition of South Asia comes into the limelight and a significant aspect of that is the Kantha tradition. Traditionally, the word Kantha refers to a specific type of quilt- ...

Long before it entered galleries or design studios, kantha lived in the rhythms of everyday life. In homes across Bengal, ...

Designer Amit Vijaya’s exhibition ‘Threads that Bind’ in Delhi traces the origins of Bengal’s kantha embroidery, showing how worn sarees and fabrics were layered, stitched and preserved as heritage te ...

At first glance, the textiles in the ‘Threads that Bind’ exhibition look like art pieces meant for the wall—vivid surfaces of stitched colour and layered fabrics, with lines that seem almost painterly ...

BENGALURU : Warmth of a loving one and a familiar smell of nostalgia... Kantha quilts surely bring back a lot of memories from the past. It does not just keep one warm but also shows the craftsmanship ...