PRODUCT CARE
Each product is made by hand, using ethically sourced, pre-consumer textiles that are discarded by the industry. These textiles are unsoiled and unused because they are 'unusable' by the industry due to slight wear-and-tear and weave and pattern defects. We source natural-fibre textiles as much as we can, although due to the sheer volume of discarded fabric that is amassed, we sometimes include material blends as linings and support fabrics to our products.
CUSHIONS & TABLE-LINEN
We recommend spot-cleaning for stains and dry-cleaning if absolutely required. A simple sunning on a terrace or air-drying at home will do to preserve the textile. Do not wash and iron only on low heat.
QUILTS
Quilts should be frequently aired in the sun and spot cleaned. Store in airy muslin or cotton bags or flat on a bed if possible. Quilts must be dry-cleaned every six to eight months.
PRODUCT CARE
Each product is made by hand, using ethically sourced, pre-consumer textiles that are discarded by the industry. These textiles are unsoiled and unused because they are 'unusable' by the industry due to slight wear-and-tear and weave and pattern defects. We source natural-fibre textiles as much as we can, although due to the sheer volume of discarded fabric that is amassed, we sometimes include material blends as linings and support fabrics to our products.
CUSHIONS & TABLE-LINEN
We recommend spot-cleaning for stains and dry-cleaning if absolutely required. A simple sunning on a terrace or air-drying at home will do to preserve the textile. Do not wash and iron only on low heat.
QUILTS
Quilts should be frequently aired in the sun and spot cleaned. Store in airy muslin or cotton bags or flat on a bed if possible. Quilts must be dry-cleaned every six to eight months.
Navrang Challenge
Nila House
Jaipur
April 2020
Lifestyle Lessons is our submission to the Navrang challenge from Nila House that called for hand-crafted, educational posters that could help communicate health and safety measures to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus in local communities.
I was inspired by vintage educational school posters – found across classrooms in India – that pictorially explained a subject using hand-illustrated panels with directives. The entire piece has been designed with only scrap fabrics and remnant textiles collected locally, in the hope that we may re-examine our ideas of ‘waste.’ For most panels, I hand-embroidered emblems with instructions that are universal to us in our fight against the pandemic, but for a few panels, I have portrayed abstracted precautions one may take that are symbolic in nature and best left to the mind’s imagination. The techniques used – patchwork, appliqué, hand-embroidery, kaantha stitching and quilting – are all historical processes that we must learn to celebrate and preserve.