The Nairobi National Museum, part of
the network of National Museums of Kenya, is hosting the 2018 Kenya Quilt Show –
Arts meets fabric – from 8-26 March 2018.
Presented by the Kenya Quilt Guild, a
range of art quilters are presenting their artworks.
Two of the established quilters
presented in the 2018 Kenya Quilt Show is Dena Dale Crain and Beverley Rebelo.
Dena Dale Crain of Lake Baringo in
Kenya, has a background in fashion design, textiles and consumer economics, and
African art anthropology. She helped found the Kenya Quilt Guild and is
currently a Juried Artist Member of Studio Art Quilt Associates. She
established a global art critique service (SAQArtique) for its international
members – the first of its kind for art quilters. Dena Dale Crain is also an
international art quilting teacher. She is a South African Quilters Guild
certified quilt judge and judges for the Unted Nations Art for Peace.
Beverley Rebelo lives in Harare,
Zimbabwe. She has shifted from traditonal quilt techniques to free motion machine
quilting and thread painting, incorporating photographs into her quilts.
Beverley Rebelo is a National Quilt Judge and a South African recognized international
quilt teacher.
Other art quilters on display at the
2018 Kenya Quilt Show are Patty Arensen, Kulwinder K Birdi, Dal Botha, Jaya
Kamdar, Jharna Kamdar, Christine Kibuka, Gretchen Sanders Mwaura, Charulata
Patel, Kundan Pattni, Jasvinder Phull, Gill Rebelo, Veena Sennik, and Dorothy
Stockell.
The art quilters showcase traditional
and original designs, machine and hand pieced, machine and hand quilting,
machine and hand applique, embroidery stitch, fabric painting, and embellishments.
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Amazon by Veena Sennik |
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Bubbles III by Dena Dale Crain |
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Ammonite by Beverley Rebelo |
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Tortoise Foot by Beverley Rebelo |
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African Indigo by Gill Rebelo |
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Dahlia by Kulwinder K Birdi |
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Single Irish Chain by Dorothy Stockell |
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Chai by Gretchen Sanders Mwaura (made with used tea bags) |
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Gill's Quilt by Gill Rebelo |
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Gill's Quilt by Gill Rebelo |
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Gill's Quilt by Gill Rebelo |
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Giraffe and Egrets by Beverley Rebelo |
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Babwe by Beverley Rebelo |
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Modern Africa by Dorothy Stockell |
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Out of Africa by Jaya Kamdar |
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African Drums by Jaya and Jharna Kamdar |
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Maasai Necklace by Charulata Patel |
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Bird's Kingdom by Christine Kibuka |
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African Wedding Ring by Kundan Pattni |
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Thinking Summer by Veena Sennik |
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Fight for the Elephant by Jasvinder Phull |
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A Mother's Love by Patty Arensen |
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