The Art of Traditional Hand Quilting
Kowdhi is a traditional hand quilting technique in India from the state of Karnataka. Typically, Kowdhi quilts are made with unused scraps of fabric which are cut up, layered and sewn into a patchwork quilt with old clothes as batting.
After the day’s work, sitting on the verandah, the women settle down to work on their quilts. The sari will serve as a backing for the pattern created from pieces of used clothing, lovingly gathered from family and friends.
These utilitarian efforts have a visual strength one sees in the most sophisticated works of art. Bold and complex, the quilts present a geometry that transcends the decorative. These quilts show that the extraordinary can be found in the simplest of domestic endeavors.
To gift a quilt, sewn with old clothes of the family, for the daughter who gets married, often carries fond memories of the maternal home.
Nirmalakka from Uttara Kannada region is part of BuDa folklore local resource team for 10 years ..She is a teacher and master artisan for BuDa Folklore . There are many interested participants from various part of India and students from various schools are learning this age-old lost tradition of hand quilting through BuDa folklore's workshops in the past 10 years
About BuDa folklore : Buda Folklore, is building a learning community by reviving local traditions and lost crafts as education components that will bring the urban and folk worlds together so that the folklore traditions become relevant to the current world ...
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I have several old kanthas I bought years ago. I fell in love with Indian handicrafts because there are so few countries now that have kept making things by hand. I have watched many videos on You Tube featuring many different Indian crafts. I regret not traveling to India when I was younger. 😥😥😥😥
I belong for same region and have same kowdhi or u say quilt in english made by my nani and dadi..... They are amazing
Really very good work I like it 😃😃😃👍💐💐💐👌👌👌
OMGOODNESS. What art. How clever. Would love to have been there. Lovely to see. Thank you 👍🌟🧡
Good job of adding aesthetics to recycling! I strongly feel, as the dwellers of our planet today, reusing/recycling as many things as possible in our lives is the call of the day. Let's consider it....
@ethanadriel614
2 жыл бұрын
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Really awesome video thank u so much for uploading this video for us , in our uttara Karnataka side we use to call it as a khoudi...... generally it is sewed by our grannies by using old or a pieces of a cloth...... & now we really miss these traditional quilts.... as we all settled in Cosmo's , Metro's ..... but still whenever we go back to our town's or villages our granny's will give us to use
How lovely...the craft and music.My mother's family had a house in Bangalore many years ago.I would love to visit the garden city next time I'm in India.Thanks for sharing.
Great work I love colour just beautiful.
Nostalgic... Remembering my neighbor ajji making these after lunch
@twotailors
3 жыл бұрын
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Beautiful stay connected dear
Muito lindo e criativo.
Awsam sweet hand work.
O so lovely.so nostalgic .a great way of reviving our old traditional craftform.then n there people should bring out such workshops to remind generations of Indian cultures n traditions without letting it to to go unnoticed.pl inform if any workshops in Bengaluru.
Love the quilt
Lovely 😊
My mom made one. It’s awesome.
Really nice video..If possible try uploading complete preparation video
What thread is used for sewing these?
Lovely. Perhaps you can do a step by step video of who these lovely quilts are made. Does she use and wadding in between. Thank you for sharing
In bangalore there are migrant workers ho are employed in construction labor... entire families come over during the cropless seasons and the older women sit for hours making these patched quilts by hand...watching one of them at work tempted me to try my hand at making quilted lengths and converting them to pillow cases...cushion covers...bags...you can do whatever you want to... they may not be as artistic or perfectly done...but they don't look bad either...actually pretty attractive if you chose good colors and made close-set lines of stitches... good way to recycle waste cloth and old sarees...
So Nice 😊☺️
We want to learn n become a part of this community.how?
Gr8 work
Very nice vidiyo very nice work I am new here
What did the lady put in the pocket of the quilt?
This video remind me my dadi
Nangu e trad kowdi beku pls madi kodtira ajji
It's so beautiful!!are there any classes conducted in Bangalore of this art.if so pls share the address.
Thank you.
Super.flute background music too.can tell me the flute musician name
Very beautiful !!! One question....you take such a looong thread for hand stitching,don't you fsce the problem of the thread tangling / getting knotted while stitching ?
@dikshakishore8505
3 жыл бұрын
The thread used here is thick so the chance of getting it tangled is less. Also they pull it very gently so they usually don’t get tangled. 😊
That's Amazing. More workshops need to done , inviting Pros like Nirmalaakka! Is it still happening in city like Bangalore? If Yes, i am intetested.
@savitauday1
5 жыл бұрын
Please write to us on budafolklore@gmail.com..we will inform you
@Viji-vt9pk
5 жыл бұрын
@@savitauday1 yes Savita mam. Interested in these hand quilt workshops. Pls info us. We'll mail u as well
Hi I just love it where is this
What they used in between some powder
Beautiful video... I wish I could follow more of this artform and creations on other social media platforms. Please share the links if you have.
Super
Very nice
Plzzzz do make tutorial for beginners
Address please
Nice
Where can I learn this on Bangalore. Or do you have a tutorial videos
Do you conduct classes or workshop in Bangalore,if so please share the address
Very nice.can I buy ?If yes ,then address please
If we want to learn
Where can i learn this art?
Beautiful art but what's that white paste she is putting inside the cover??
@beckitibaldi9654
3 жыл бұрын
My guess it is a few bits of rice?
@leebrammall8033
2 жыл бұрын
What is the reason for putting rice in? Is it cooked or raw and how much do put inside?
I have also made few quilts .i have been fascinated by these colorfull quilts But my friends and relatives are not at happy with me because they think I have waisted my double degrees.. 😄 economics... 😄
Is there any work shop going on this ... please let me know the details
Nice.please tell their address.
Absolutely beautiful work!! I adore these quilts. I have two. Now this makes them even more special. May Someone please tell me what was the tiny white pieces that was in her hand and that was put inside the small square of the quilt?? Is that done in all the quilts or just special ones?? I hope this art never gets lots! Thank you very much for sharing
@rajshreeshirwadkar8802
4 жыл бұрын
It was cooked rice in her hand. Before completing the last stich it is said that they fill it with small quantity boiled rice. My grand ma used to do the same .
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Still more clear tutorial please
Ayrıntılı anltırmısınız çok güzellr
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Mujhe bhi Aisi hi banwani hai
I want to be there
Such a pity there were no subtitles. I would have liked to hear the woman telling the story. 😥😥😥😥
I would like to learn I am from Pune
Wonderful but next time no music. The music distracted from what you where saying.
@beckitibaldi9654
3 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed the sittar. It was gentle. Perhaps a bit quieter. Bless you.
@nutanbyakod2781
Жыл бұрын
The music is nice. When some one starts talking the volume of the music should be lower so that listeners can listen comfortably..
Hello everybody
I would like to come, join a batch. How does one good about participating? Soo reply
Yat shivach kas he dakhavnya aivaji nusti bad bad dakhavli ahe. Mala dhav dora ghaltana to godhsdici ji rundi ahe tichya madhyavar shivayala yet nahi karan katha pasun madhya pryantche kapad hatat dharta yet nahi. Te dakhava na.
Traditionally" Godhadi " called in maharashtra.
@Savita Uday can you please share the details of Nirmalakka? Would like to make a purchase! Is it possible?
Aap muje BHI Apne sath join Kar sakte ho
When instinct based art or skills are taken over by educated and (acquired) knowledge people..it always distorts and kills the essence and soul of the art....art and artist dies.
@TheMDelima
4 жыл бұрын
I agree. Art comes from love in one's soul. It's freeing, not limiting. Most acquired knowledge somehow lacks that freedom. It all depends on how one treats that acquired knowledge. It could be freeing if one thinks outside the box upon mastery.
Very mesmerising Where are they classes ? Wud like to come and Learn I stay in uttara Kannada Karnataka stake
Anamikaambarkavi
That foot in the thumbnail made me nauseous ewww