Love this. You certainly made a beautiful treasure.
marla

Definitely inspired work. Just love the way you were able to work with every size of block.

What a fabulous quilt

What a beautiful quilt. You did such a nice job on everything. Thank you for sharing.

This is a beautiful quilt, lots to look at. I always love quilts with beading, & etc on them, it makes them unique.

I saw a quilts from Africa exhibition recently and was amazed at how much beading and surface decoration was included. The design of one quilt was made entirely of those rustic beads you mentioned. Your quilt truly captures the same colour and spirit.

Very colorful and very interesting quilt. Lots to look at.

Wow, very beautiful!

It is gorgeous! I love the fabrics!

What a special quilt. Would love to see it in person!

Gorgeous

I love the fabrics and all the creative touches with the beads and hand accented blocks are stunning. Your design and layout was just beautiful....

Andie

Your quilt is absolutely gorgeous! My husband is from Ivory Coast and would love a quilt like that. The next time he goes home I will have him bring home some fabric so I can make him one.

Your quilt is absolutely breathtaking! I can't say enough about it - words just do not do it justice. The colors, the layout, the fabric - everything is just beautiful. This is truly a work of art - it should be in a museum! I love African art, the animals and the colors used. Thank you so much for showing us this wonderful quilt!

Absolutely love your quilt. I have been collecting African fabric for awhile now and plan to do one in the future. Love the SA flag. I'm originally from JHB but will never forget where I came from.

Beautiful work!

Very lively and colorful! Where in Africa did you purchase the fabric and beads?

WOW

wow that is beautiful

Awesome! You have done a wonderful job on this unique quilt. I love the addition of the beads too!

LUCKY PATSY'S MOM
I got most of the fabrics in a little shop(not a quilting shop) about half an hours train ride from Capetown, cannot remember the name of the little town. The beads I got in a market place in Capetown.In the Museum of South Africa there are wall hangings depicting African life, made entirely out of beads, and that is where I got my inspiration to use a lot of beads. Unfortunatly in my pics the beads do not stand out very well

Oh that is really cool!

Words fail me . . .

I am posting pictures on the picture page right now

OK so here is my quilt in progress - I am hand quilting it and on the mud cloth I am quilting the fabric design.

Wow, that too is very cool. Lots of hard work.

I love your quilt. It is stunning. Hope you get well soon.
Margaret

Nice - but what is mudcloth? Is this a quilt as you go project?

How beautiful Lot of work, but colorful and cheerful.

Your hand quilting is beautiful

I lived in South africa all my life, but never ever tried,
to make a African quilt, my son bought me a beautiful African quilt book for my birthday,
Your quilt is absolutely beautiful.
I now live in the U.S.I will take out my African quilt book and make some of the nice patterns in the book, and thanks for sharing your pic, beautiful work.

WOW! Very unique quilt and what a treasure! You did a spectacular job and the fabrics are just amazing. A quilt to be cherished for sure. Thank You for sharing your awesome work.

Roserips - with a name like mud cloth I wasn't sure what to expect. Your quilt is just beautiful, I love the colors.

what a uniqe and stunning quilt, and you did a stunning job. God bless.

Mud cloth refers to the technique used for printing the fabric. They draw the design on with mud and then dye the fabric like the process used for batiks but mud is used rather than wax. The fabric is a type of batik and is a wonderful fine cotton. That is why I wanted to use large pieces so as not to waste a single piece of it. The rest was in my stash and I bought the navy blue at my LQS. Finding these beautiful fabrics from other countries is so much fun I also have a piece of Indonesian batik. That needs to be finished. Another one to layer for hand quilting!

wow, fabulous! Amazing assortment of fabrics to create this quilt, you did a great job. Love it.

warm quilt hugs, sue in CA

Such beautiful fabrics! I have made quilts with an African theme and I have lots of African fabric. However, it has become difficult to purchase authentic African fabric, so I know that you must treasure your fabrics since you bought them in Africa.
Thanks for sharing.

Wonderful and exciting colors, super quilt...

I love it, my bff is from so africa and ilove the fabrics she brings back, soo very pretty and creative!!!!