Kawandi Lumbar Pillow

When the stars aligned, I can finish the Kawandi pillow in 2 days! LOL. I bought the lumbar pillow form sometimes in November and keep thinking to make a quilted pillow cover for it. So a few days ago, I was like why not make the kawandi pillow cover? So I took out these purple and emerald/teal scraps which I keep near my cutting table. As usual, many ideas played at the back of my mind, I thought I will just cut the scraps in 5" charm size and will just go along. But after I cut the charm pieces, I left with different sizes of leftovers and decided to use some of those too.

Handquilting and Catching up on my Kdrama

I documented the process in the videos below. In the first part, I talked about the thread and needles that I use. Hopefully will help those who are in India and wondering what materials to use and where to get them. Really you do not need much to start a kawandi quilt.

Materials:

The Kawandi Quilt Top should finish approximately at 12" x 18"

For the Kawandi you need assorted scraps of your choice.

Quilt Backing: 2 layers of cotton fabrics approx. 12.5" x 18.5", I cut bigger because it shrunk after the quilting is done.

The PILLOW backing has 2 parts:

The top part is 12" x 5.5"

The Bottom Part: 12" x 12"

All-purpose zipper #3 - 12" long or so.

Note: In the video, I cut the pillow backing longer but in a way it's good. Make sure the backing after putting the zipper is the same size as the top.

In the second part, I showed how to make the pillow. It's super-duper easy! The pillow closes with an exposed zipper in contrast color. I am so obsessed with this color combo!

I hope you find the tutorial helpful. If you have any questions, just leave a comment and I will be glad to help you.

If you want to know more about Kawandi, make sure to watch Margareth Fabrizio Interview on Youtube! I really admire her passion and courage!

The year 2021 is certainly a learning and experimenting year for me, I am looking forward to more learning adventures in 2022. And kawandi and kantha is definately on my top list to explore more.