Starting my Kawandi-Inspired Quilt

I have no idea what I'm doing, but I feel so inspired by the beautiful traditional quilts created by the women of the African-Indian Siddi community, so I'm just going to give it my best shot and share my Kawandi journey with you :)
Since uploading this video, I've realised (thanks to one of my lovely viewers) that I was doing it all wrong, so I've started again, hopefully using a more authentic technique. To get a better idea of how it SHOULD be done, check out the second video -

[jonnaosborne]

Your little rolling presser squeaked so loudly, I thought it was something in my house, and went looking for it for a minute, before I realized it was on screen! haha!

[jeanettelines]

Thanks for the reply. These quilts seem to get under my skin and I want to go on making them. My first one was a lot of silk pieces. Looks and feels lovely but was not always easy to turn under. I worked like made at it and got a sore wrist. So now I use fabric which handles easy and needles pull easily through. Shall watch more of your enjoyable blogs.

[Craftaartissaurus]

Looks very interesting, think I might need to look at my fabric ends could be a very fun project. Thanks for sharing I enjoyed watching.

[GABYCHICDOLLS]

This looks really interesting Annie. I haven't done my sewing for a while so this gets me inspired. But I'd do a very small one for my dolls . Thanks for sharing 🌹🌹❤

[lindaware]

I started a small kawandi quilt in lockdown, you’ve just reminded me. Might finish it now 😊

[christinepreston]

Hi Annie. You’re making a good start, I’m sure it will be fantastic, as I said before the Indian ladies, only had scraps some very worn out as well, just shows beautiful things come from scraps, I love scraps, for my patchwork, then embroider on them, etc, please try to use a thimble, mine is so precious to me, as helped me sew thousands of stitches over the years, my finger would be so sore without it, looking forward to the progress, thank you.❤

[loraineh]

I did a hour course at stitch and knit show a few weeks ago....all about kwandi patchwork with a lady called Angela Daymond really actually stitch round the edges working from the outside one line at a time from the edge

[EmilyArts]

This looks like so much fun!! 😄 I always loved textiles at school even though the teacher was scary 😅 do you think you could do this sort of thing with a sewing machine if you wanted too?

[DoloresJRush]

Are you making this into a pillow top or a table mat? Just curious. I love all the handmade Kawandi quilts I've seen so far on YouTube, so glad you are giving it a go also! I'll be eager to see how yours turns out.

[donnarossignol]

Does your double layer of base fabric take place of what you call wadding ?

[mareimontalvo]

I really don't want to criticize, and I appreciate the fact you said "Kawandi inspired", because this is kind of like a Kawandi quilt, but a couple important pieces are missing. The stitching is done all the way around the outside, tacking the multiple pieces of fabric down then "spirals" in, and you add more fabric as needed to patch the hole. You're actually stitching the pieces down in more of a Boro stitch fashion. Also, once the first row of stitching is done, holding the perimeter of fabrics down, you insert a piece of batting. Then as I mentioned above, you start the next row of stitching and add fabric as needed. I hope I haven't offended you with my comment.

[marthawolf]

You don’t go around the fabric pieces.

[jeanettelines]

You are stitching in the wrong direction, keep your first row of stitches close to the edge.Do not sew down the sides of pieces, they will be caught on the second row around . Always go around in the same direction . Also the middle layer is added after you have done one complete round of stitching. It is poked under the first round of fabric.