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In 1972, while residing in India after spells in Borneo, Nepal and South America, [2] she sought a new project after she had run out of yarn. [1] Beyer was given a Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt pattern, [2] and cut her first quilt into 600 hexagons of Indian fabrics in the colors dark blue and deep red.
Most kanthas feature a lotus as the central motif, with undulating vines, floral patterns, or a shari border motif surrounding it. The motifs may include images of flowers and leaves, birds and fish, animals, kitchen items, and even toilet articles. While most kanthas have an initial pattern, no two nakshi kanthas are the same.
Kantha stitching is also used to make simple quilts, commonly known as nakshi kantha. Women in Bengal typically use old saris and cloth and layer them with kantha stitching to make a light blanket, throw, or bedspread, especially for children. Kantha is very popular with tourists visiting the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent.
A photographic image was made of he design with figures, to which Morris or Dearle added a floral background, and a border equally filled with designs of trees and flowers. The full scale image was transferred onto cloth by rubbing with a piece of ivory, and then woven on a loom.
Burns first started stitching on her Aunt Edna's feed sacks. Her first book, Make a Quilt in a Day: Log Cabin Pattern, was self-published in 1978.The book has been credited with starting a quilt-making revolution as people learned Burns's style of stitching a quilt.
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