SAL Kantha - spirals,scrolls and kantha booti.

I have finished the spirals and scrolls with kantha stitch using 2 strands of black stranded cotton thread.

                                           

Then I have filled the center motif with a stitch called 'kantha booti' using 2 strands of black floss.

Booti means motif. Please don't fill the motif with very closely placed stitches like satin stitch filling.
Did you notice that this kantha booti in our pattern is not symmetrical ?Asymmetrical are part of many kantha quilts.

I thought some of you would like to have a tutorial for 'kantha booti' so here it is..

Kantha booti is always worked from the outer line towards the center.

                                            

Step 1 : Bring the needle and thread up at 'a', go down at 'b', come up at 'c', go down at 'd' , come up at 'e', go down at 'f', come up at 'g', g down at 'h', come up at 'i' and go down at 'j'

Step 2 : Bring the needle and thread up near 'a', go down near 'b', come up near 'c' and continue working in circle until the entire motif is filled.

                                         

                                         This is how the completed motif should look.

Hint: In case if all the petals but one is filled then you could add a couple of stitches only in that petal to complete this motif.

I will be back next wednesday with an update.

Please feel free to leave a comment if you have any questions or suggestions.

Happy stitching!

Anita.