Category Archives: Quilt Groups
KQG Exhibition
Members of the Kenya Quilt Guild will have their quilts on display from Friday, May 11, through Sunday, May 13, at the Village Market shopping centre in Gigiri, outside Nairobi proper. This year’s exhibition promises to be one of the best, as all our members have learned and grown so much in the last couple of years, gaining new skills and perspectives on what is possible with patchwork quilting. Continue reading
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Seamless Binding Success Story
I am in Nairobi, and a lady who lives across the street, April, is a friend, fellow quilter and member of the Kenya Quilt Guild. She rang me just now to tell me she had followed my tutorial for Seamless Quilt Binding, and that she was delighted with the outcome of her seamless bound quilt! Continue reading
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Change Your Life: Make a Quilt!
As partial requirement for my quilt judge certification through the South African National Quilt Guild, I wrote a scholarly paper on How Patchwork Quilting Changes Women’s Lives. Download your free copy of the paper here. Read it, and then please share your thoughts as comments below. Continue reading
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Bernina Event in Nairobi–A First!!
On Saturday, April 9, 2011, The Woman Shop in conjunction with Bernina International hosted a special event at Sarit Centre in Westland, just outside Nairobi proper. The primary purpose of this event was to announce The Woman Shop’s Bernina dealership in Kenya. Continue reading
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Meeting the Stars!
I had a great time meeting Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims, hosts of The Quilt Show, and Jim West of Sew Many Places at the reception held for them and their African safari group of 50 last Thursday, organized by the Kenya Quilt Guild at the East African Women’s League headquarters in Nairobi. Continue reading
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Tea with the Stars! – a Report from the Kenya Quilt Guild
Tea with the Stars! – a Report « Kenya Quilt Guild, has just been posted! It’s a wonderful account of a reception held on behalf of Jim West’s Sew Many Places Safari to Africa with Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims, … Continue reading
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Kenya Quilt Guild Blog
I’m so very proud of the new blog I set up for the Kenya Quilt Guild. Continue reading
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Alex Anderson & Ricky Tims in Kenya
Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims of The Quilt Show are bringing a large group of quilters to Kenya next week. Continue reading
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