Monday, July 1, 2013

Quilted Nonsense: Celebrating Masai

Quilted Nonsense: Celebrating Masai: The Massai are very ordinary people with a simple life styl...e, they have always reminded me that the simple and best things in life are fr...

Quilted Nonsense: DIPO

Quilted Nonsense: DIPO: DIPO THE CEREMONY OF THE KROBO PEOPLE OF GHANA. After child naming ceremonies which happen eight days after birth, the next most recogni...

Quilted Nonsense: Dance

Quilted Nonsense: Dance: Dances teach social patterns and values, the most widely used musical instrument in Africa is the human voice. Some ethnic groups in Afr...

Quilted Nonsense: 'Rythyms of Africa' Winner! Winner!! Winner!!!

Quilted Nonsense: 'Rythyms of Africa' Winner! Winner!! Winner!!!: The 38th Annual North West Quilt show took place from the 29th to 30th of March and we had a big winner in the art quilt Category, my Afri...

Quilted Nonsense: Rythyms of Africa

Quilted Nonsense: Rythyms of Africa: This is one of my very latest art works reflecting the spirit of dance which was an auction piece to help raise money for the Project Hope ...

Quilted Nonsense: Touch of Impressionism

Quilted Nonsense: Touch of Impressionism: Its a pretty long while since I spent time on my blog, which I love so much and really never deserted it, I spent a lot of time campaigning...

Quilted Nonsense: Deceptively Yummy Signature Cupcake Pincushions

Quilted Nonsense: Deceptively Yummy Signature Cupcake Pincushions: Deceptive Yummy Cup cake pincushions are the talk of the town, they are carefully hand crafted from my hands to yours. I am so excited ab...

Quilted Nonsense: Deceptively Yummy Cupcake Pincushions ready to shi...

Quilted Nonsense: Deceptively Yummy Cupcake Pincushions ready to shi...: Its been a while since I blogged on Quilted Nonsense, but this time I decided to step out of the box and do something different in fiber art...

Quilted Nonsense: Asabone Dancer Patterns are here!

Quilted Nonsense: Asabone Dancer Patterns are here!: At long last the patterns are here!! Authentic African silhouette art quilt patterns, created by Wendy Mamattah. These are 12 by 12 inch ...

Quilted Nonsense: SPRING

Quilted Nonsense: SPRING: Spring is one of the four seasons, the transition period between winter and summer. Spring and "springtime" refer to the sa...

Quilted Nonsense: News Flash Here We Go!

Quilted Nonsense: News Flash Here We Go!:                                                                                           Its been pretty quite lately, but I have been sl...

Quilted Nonsense: Nature's Splendor

Quilted Nonsense: Nature's Splendor: Growing up in Ghana West Africa, we had lots of livestock that my dad loved to breed; there were chicken, duck, geese, pigs, sheep, goat, tu...

Quilted Nonsense: The Door of no Return

Quilted Nonsense: The Door of no Return: At Cape Coast Castle in Ghana, the 'Door of No Return' is often the last stop on the guided tour, where visitors watch in antici...

Quilted Nonsense: Wallowing Dreams

Quilted Nonsense: Wallowing Dreams: We all have dreams in a lifetime, while some dreams come true, others do not. The inspiration for this art work came to me as I read about...