Every patch holds a story.
Appliqué, patchwork and hand quilting from the Himalayan foothills. Each quilt is handmade and signed by its artisan.
Off-cuts in. Heirlooms out.
Every detail you see is a result of hands-on craftsmanship. Every motif is thoughtfully cut, placed, and stitched by our Didis, using fabrics carefully sorted into colour families on our shelves.
Appliqué, in eleven steps
Design
Every motif starts as a drawing.
Template
The drawing is scaled to size and cut into a reusable template.
Colour selection
Fabrics are chosen from shelves sorted into colour families.
Tracing on fabric
The template is traced onto the chosen off-cut.
Motif cutting
Each motif is cut out by hand.
Appliqué setting
Pieces are laid out and placed on the base fabric.
Appliqué stitching
Each motif is stitched down by hand.
Quilting
The layers are quilted together, by hand and on the machine.
Finishing
Edges are finished and the Purkal label goes on.
Embroidery of her name
The Didi who made the piece signs it in thread.
Quality check
Every piece is measured and checked before it leaves.
Off-cuts, joined block by block.
Off-cuts are joined using geometric templates to make patchwork patterns like our favourite log cabin, ring of star, spinning wheel & many more!
Watch a little detail come to life.
Carefully selected fabric pieces are cut, placed, and stitched by hand, one motif at a time. Every piece carries the skill and care of the Didi who made it, with her name embroidered on the back.
WEARABLE TALES
Recycled denim. Thoughtfully designed. Consciously made. Zero-waste surface work, with off-cuts from other creations.
Shop the jacketsThe hands behind every quilt.
Our artisans are called Didis, elder sisters. Training takes months across appliqué, patchwork, embroidery and hand quilting, and many of our senior Didis now train and quality-check others.
Look for her name on the back.
Start your journey to a keepsake memory quilt.
Their old clothes, hand-pieced into a quilt to keep.
Start a memory quilt