African Oyssey

There was a phase when naïve patchwork on ethnic themes, like Africa, were quite popular. I purchased the pattern for this at a craft fair and then had the added pleasure of selecting the fabrics from my stash - which was growing all the time.

While the style is quite different from the traditional American style patchwork I had been following,. choosing bright colours to stand out against the more sombre background was fun.

It looks like it was windy the day I took this photo with the quilt pinned on the fence as the quilt is not hanging straight but looks like it is in motion.

When I was exhibiting the quilts in the garden for a garden ramble someone said to me that I didn’t really have a style. I do not know that I even have a style now. My interest is captured by new techniques and new challenges and what if questions. I do know my more recent quilts use a more subdued palette, almost monochromatic.

This quilt is hand appliqued, machine pieced and was a very early machine quilted piece, using predominantly stipple stitch