“Seeing Patterns – Stripes in Kawandi”; 46”x52”; Technique - Kawandi hand quilting; Material - used sheet and remnants; Purpose – Exploration

In a Kawandi what meets the eye is a lot of patches but with the zoomed-in perspective of creating the quilt, I learned that there are motifs that resemble patterns in African weaves, scattered randomly over an underlying rooftop or medallion-like striped pattern across the quilt. Tiny quilted squares in bright colors adorn the quilt top like they were sprayed on it. To understand the underlying pattern I experimented with stripes – This quilt is the outcome!