http://www.mrxstitch.com/2010/01/22/embroideries-of-the-world-kantha/ The number one contemporary embroidery and needlecraft blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:47:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mrxstitch.com/2010/01/22/embroideries-of-the-world-kantha/#comment-13902 ARTeries – Pick of the pops! Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:12:39 +0000 http://www.mrxstitch.com/?p=8721#comment-13902 [...] Arteries – Embroideries of the World: Kantha Arlee explores ethnic embroidery. [...] [...] Arteries – Embroideries of the World: Kantha Arlee explores ethnic embroidery. [...]

]]> http://www.mrxstitch.com/2010/01/22/embroideries-of-the-world-kantha/#comment-8796 ARTeries: Making Do, A New Aesthetic Fri, 26 Nov 2010 03:10:56 +0000 http://www.mrxstitch.com/?p=8721#comment-8796 [...] not just romanticize it though: Boro, Kantha, and Kawandi, as well as 18-20thC quilt making has more often been about  conservation of [...] [...] not just romanticize it though: Boro, Kantha, and Kawandi, as well as 18-20thC quilt making has more often been about  conservation of [...]

]]> http://www.mrxstitch.com/2010/01/22/embroideries-of-the-world-kantha/#comment-5325 arlee Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:47:59 +0000 http://www.mrxstitch.com/?p=8721#comment-5325 http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/364.html http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/364.html

]]> http://www.mrxstitch.com/2010/01/22/embroideries-of-the-world-kantha/#comment-4898 arlee Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:24:40 +0000 http://www.mrxstitch.com/?p=8721#comment-4898 HandEye Magazine has a review of the show now at http://handeyemagazine.com/content/kantha-anthology HandEye Magazine has a review of the show now at
http://handeyemagazine.com/content/kantha-anthology

]]> http://www.mrxstitch.com/2010/01/22/embroideries-of-the-world-kantha/#comment-4442 Kaye Sat, 23 Jan 2010 09:03:36 +0000 http://www.mrxstitch.com/?p=8721#comment-4442 Wonderful - thank you for posting the link on the Slow Cloth group - I probably wouldn't have found it otherwise. Will be back for more! Wonderful – thank you for posting the link on the Slow Cloth group – I probably wouldn’t have found it otherwise. Will be back for more!

]]> http://www.mrxstitch.com/2010/01/22/embroideries-of-the-world-kantha/#comment-4441 mariee Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:30:18 +0000 http://www.mrxstitch.com/?p=8721#comment-4441 Funny you should post this! I just went today to the Kantha exhibit at the Perelman building/Philadelphia Museum of Art which is up through July. See my post http://colored-thread.blogspot.com/2010/01/back-for-more.html I believe the first image you used was one of the pieces in the exhibit! Funny you should post this! I just went today to the Kantha exhibit at the Perelman building/Philadelphia Museum of Art which is up through July. See my post http://colored-thread.blogspot.com/2010/01/back-for-more.html
I believe the first image you used was one of the pieces in the exhibit!

]]> http://www.mrxstitch.com/2010/01/22/embroideries-of-the-world-kantha/#comment-4437 jude Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:02:22 +0000 http://www.mrxstitch.com/?p=8721#comment-4437 a wonderful post with a real sense of reverence for the nature of the stitch and its relationship to to life and history... a wonderful post with a real sense of reverence for the nature of the stitch and its relationship to to life and history…

]]> http://www.mrxstitch.com/2010/01/22/embroideries-of-the-world-kantha/#comment-4435 Ger Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:33:51 +0000 http://www.mrxstitch.com/?p=8721#comment-4435 Thank you, Arlee... - old fabrics don´t only keep their users safe, but the ones who write about them, too, I´m sure... now I´m off to find an old sketch (or make myself a new one), because you´re absolutely right: there should be more circles, shapes + things...! Thank you, Arlee… – old fabrics don´t only keep their users safe, but the ones who write about them, too, I´m sure… now I´m off to find an old sketch (or make myself a new one), because you´re absolutely right: there should be more circles, shapes + things…!

]]> http://www.mrxstitch.com/2010/01/22/embroideries-of-the-world-kantha/#comment-4434 judy martin Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:58:03 +0000 http://www.mrxstitch.com/?p=8721#comment-4434 wonderful article, Arlee. There is so much to keep learning about Kantha. I am interested in trying to use the simple border patterns that can result - like arrow heads, checkerboards. wonderful article, Arlee. There is so much to keep learning about Kantha. I am interested in trying to use the simple border patterns that can result – like arrow heads, checkerboards.

]]> http://www.mrxstitch.com/2010/01/22/embroideries-of-the-world-kantha/#comment-4433 Catherine V. Bainbridge Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:53:35 +0000 http://www.mrxstitch.com/?p=8721#comment-4433 Arlee, thanks for creating this article. As you know, my off-the-top-of-my-head stitch knowledge is pretty much limited to running stitch, back stich and buttonhole stitch. But even working with just these three, it's surprising what lovliness can be created! I love the simplicity and lightness in the piece in the second image down. I love the re-use ethic and my work is basically based on the considerations mentioned here. Interestingly, I have a special fondness for Indian textiles and am very happy to be learning about the history/culture behind them. Thank you! Arlee, thanks for creating this article. As you know, my off-the-top-of-my-head stitch knowledge is pretty much limited to running stitch, back stich and buttonhole stitch. But even working with just these three, it’s surprising what lovliness can be created! I love the simplicity and lightness in the piece in the second image down. I love the re-use ethic and my work is basically based on the considerations mentioned here. Interestingly, I have a special fondness for Indian textiles and am very happy to be learning about the history/culture behind them. Thank you!

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