DescriptionThis quilt was inspired by the following articles: Bassett, Thomas J. Slim pickings: fairtrade cotton in West Africa. Geoforum 41.1 (2010): 44-55. Day, Elizabeth. The desperate plight of Africa’s...
DescriptionThese pillows began as a whole cloth quilt endeavor, but the Matelassé fabric was too heavy or me to maneuver so I created two toss pillows.
DescriptionDuring a trip to Accra, Ghana during the summer of 2010 I met Bernice Frimpong Ankrah, a wonderful Ghanaian woman who operated a batik clothing and bag business and who taught me how to foundation...
DescriptionI really wanted to make a feathered star and this quilt is my first. It is also my first attempt at paper-piecing which I used to create the star. The Ghanaian Adinkra symbol Sankofa is the focal...
DescriptionThis quilt was made of the remaining crazy quilt squares used in my ”Ghana Crazy Hex” quilt. I love combining traditional hand-dyed African batiks with commercially dyed batik fabrics.
DescriptionThis is my first log cabin quilt. I selected a hand-stamped and dyed batik fabric made in Ghana in 2014 as the focus fabric for this quilt. I chose this fabric for its beautiful red color and the...
DescriptionIn the 1980’s my mother Edwinia Marie Middleton (nee Carey), aunt Virginia Davis (nee Carey), and grandmother aka “Nana”, Isabelle J. Grunderway (nee Marsh) travelled to Arkansas. Nana was born...
DescriptionThis quilt was made by Nubian Heritage Quilter's Guild member Brenda Castell. The fabric was hand dyed and then stenciled and hand painted using fabric paints. I love the African motif and drummers on...
