Webwatch: Hand-stitched vintage sari cloths
This is a lovely site that highlights beautiful hand-stitched vintage sari cloths. Lovely products with a fascinating story behind them and images of the craft makers on this site make it one worth a visit. In Sanskrit, the word kantha simply means rags and for centuries, the website tells us, poor Bengali women have taken their discarded cloth and sewn them together with a simple running stitch to create something new. Women stitched kantha for their loved ones for centuries and Hand and Cloth are working on spreading the word and cultivating a pride in the traditional work. Fear not, Westerners, you can machine wash on cold and even tumble dry them. Dress up your furniture — or yourself. Win, win.
* www.handandcloth.org
