Lilavati Collection

A drive down India's thoroughfares, the roads hemmed by tin huts and makeshift homes and chances are you’ll spot an intricately hand stitched quilt hung out to air on a rickety balcony. It flaps there proclaiming to passers-by the talent and industriousness of the lady of the house — she repurposes tattered bed sheets, curtains, clothes that the children have outgrown, her old sarees and transforms them into patchworks of art.

From the intricate kanthas of Bengal, the resplendent gudris of Rajasthan, the Indo-Portuguese quilts of Goa, quilted palampores of Gujarat , the ledras of Jharkhand, the razais of Uttar Pradesh, the koudis of Karnataka and the godhadis of Maharashtra - India has a vast array of patchwork and applique techniques that are not just native to the land but also to every household.

Bringing to you, in association with the artisans of Baani Quilts, a range of patchwork backpacks made from pre-loved silk sarees.

Presenting the Lilavati Collection, our play on godhadi patchwork.