This is not about quilt n quilting. But the inspiration for sure is from quilting.
To tie a self-made rakhee is happiness at another level. This year experimented a bit more in this domain. A few thoughts (= criteria) that i had in mind in this context
1. To make rakhee that could also be used beyond rakhee-poornima.
2. It being rakhee, the output had to be as something that could qualify to be rakhee in terms of size.
3. In rakhee the main importance is of the silk (though there are umpteen versions of rakhee made from plastic n whatnot, which I hate to the core)
4. Being a "sustainable quilter, the optimum usage of scrap fabric (in this case silk) is always a concern.
The idea of "book-marked" rakhee emerged from that. And then many colorful rakhees were made from the pure silk scrap collected from the local tailors. Basically book-marks were made (that are of the dimension roughly 2"*2". A silk thread was passed through it so as to be able to tie it as rakhee and also the thread could be removed later without spoiling the rakhee.
Many such rakhees were made. We are total 18 cousins - 11 brothers n 7 sisters. Plus this year decided to make these for my sister-in-laws and sisters too. It was a marathon to make that much quantity, but was fun. Enjoyed the process ... both of conceptualizing, designing and implementing.
Hope the recipients also find the products useful.
