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Kenya Quilt Guild Exhibition Open Today
The Kenya Quilt Guild Exhibition at Village Market in Gigiri, just outside Nairobi proper and near the American Embassy to Kenya and the United Nations in Kenya, is in full swing. We have had a number of visitors, a few nice sales, and press coverage from Asian Weekly and The Star. Most important of all–we’ve had FUN!! Continue reading
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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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Kwilting in Kenya « Kenya Quilt Guild
Kwilting in Kenya « Kenya Quilt Guild–my article in The Quilt Life! Continue reading
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Hot Links!
One of my students at Quilt University took time out from our online quilt class Reflections to attend a Ricky Tims Super Seminar in Asheville, North Carolina. She was one of the organizers for the Seminar, so got a good firsthand look and had a wonderful time. She had this to say about her experience . . . My student was referring to the Kenya Quilt Guild’s “Tea with the Stars” which took place in Nairobi, Kenya, last January when Alex Anderson and Ricky Tims and their tour leader Jim West of Sew Many Places visited Kenya. 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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African Hornbills Inspire a Quilt
The Kenya Quilt Guild has a quilt challenge running at the moment. We have been charged by Magie Relph of the African Fabric Shop in the UK, to create quilts based on African mythology. I’m putting two and two together, and hoping, in response to the call, to make an African quilt based on the hornbill. Continue reading
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Fistula in East Africa
Help me help the Kenya Quilt Guild help ProBlogger Darren Rowse help CCBRT to tackle the criminal neglect of women in East African societies. Millions of women can benefit from your support! Continue reading
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