How are the quilts made?
The three layers of the patchwork quilts are first machine pieced, where each patchwork ‘piece’ is sewn to its neighbours to form the top layer. The quilt is then hand quilted by women in villages around Delhi (Rajasthan). This enables them to remain at home and look after their children and also to create additional income for the family. Hand quilting provides a better quality of quilting than can be achieved with a machine. You may have seen other patchwork quilt providers use terms such as ‘hand placed’ or ‘hand-worked’. We feel that these terms are deliberately vague, in that they were probably hand placed into a machine or the machine was operated by hand! Are the quilts ethical? Ethical trade is something that affects us all and we do take it seriously. In this case we are trading directly with the manufacturer of these quilts in India. We were initially concerned (as many of our customers will be) that we were paying a fair price for them and that workers are not being exploite
Related Questions
- Take a moment to read this aritcle about shipping quilts to venues by an industry source. Where do I send my quilt?
- What criteria is used to determine the award-winning quilts at shows, especially when the quilts appear equal?
- Would anybody ever seriously listen to the voice of a kid? Why make quilts?
