Light Indigo Pillow Cover — Kantha AppliquéThis pillow starts in Phulia, West Bengal, where the cloth was handwoven and dyed in natural indigo. The fabric itself is a woolcotton blendsoft enough to lean into, sturdy enough to last. Back here in Philadelphia, we layered appliqu shapes over that pale blue ground and stitched it through with kantha. Appliqu has roots across Europe, kantha belongs to India and Bangladesh, and when they meet, you realize these techniques arent so far apart.