Gallery of Friends

Many of you have sent photographs of what you have made using our embroidered blocks and so I have decided to start a Gallery of the things you make. Please send us photographs so we can include them in future.

Sarah Parady sent this picture and writes: 'I wanted to send you a photo of the wall hanging my mom made for me from Tambani squares. As you can see, it is absolutely lovely. I hope all is well and that the ladies in Venda have not been too badly affected by the economic downturn."

Isobel Weeden from San Marcos, Texas sent this picture of herself with her very smart wall hanging. Please note the very exact mitered corners.

 

Genie Betts of Hudson, Florida, sent us a photograph of her quilt as well as her very own 'African' Folk Tale to go with it!

"One year there were 4 young boys at school. They noticed Thomas, a new boy, standing all alone. Seeing all the boys were in the same class the 4 boys went over to the new boy. While waiting outside for the school bell to ring the five boys found out, as they talked, where they came from, how they got to Africa or arrived in that village and that they had a lot in common. As the time got closer for school to start the boys started talking about what their teacher would be like. The teacher, they knew, was new to the village also. Would he be nice? Would he would make school fun or boring!? Just as they started to really panic about the day ahead the bell rang.
All the children found a seat, anxious for the school to begin.
When the teacher came in, he was a tall and scary looking. With his dark penetrating eyes he looked at each student. The new friends looked at each other and gulped. The teacher started passing out school books and pads and pencils. The teacher introduced himself with his booming voice. Then he told the class a little about himself setting the class more at ease. He then introduced the new boy. In a further effort to put all the children at ease the teacher announced that because it was such a beautiful day they would bring their pads and pencils outside and sit under the great banyan tree in the center of the school yard.
For Thomas, who was new to Africa, the teacher decided to talk about African folk tales. All the children were delighted because they loved the old folk tales. Knowing that he had their attention, the teacher asked the children to walk around find and interesting animal, insect or plant and come back and write their a story about their find. They could tell a true story or make up their own folk tale.
After 30 minutes Thomas and his new friends found a cute chameleon playing around the banyan tree. As they watched the chameleon they noticed all the great colors the clever little creature could change into. They thought wouldn't it be fun if they could be like a chameleon and change colors. They would be the best hide and seek players in the country! And so their folk tale began!"

Merrie Star sent in a photograph of a beautiful quilt she made.