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WORK WITH ME

Bring African textiles — and the Whole Cloth Way — to your guild.

Lectures, trunk shows, hands-on workshops, and a deep-dive masterclass series, for guilds, textile organisations, and events worldwide. Virtual or in person.

Work With Me | Quilt Africa

Why work with me

Classes built around the fabric.

Most of your members already know how to quilt. What many haven't done is work with African fabric — and it can feel intimidating to cut into.

That's what these classes are for. I teach your members to read African cloth: to see past the colour, choose combinations with confidence, cut a bold repeat without fear, and design something they're proud of. Whatever skill they already have suddenly works better with this fabric.

My focus is the fabric itself — how to see it, choose it, and cut it well. That's where I open the door to African cloth, my home ground, and it's how members leave seeing this fabric with new eyes.

The Cloth Masterclasses

Four classes, one journey through the cloth.

Each is a live 90-minute class on Zoom. Book one, or all four as a set. Together they follow the Quilt Africa way — read, cut, build.

READ

Reading Value in Wax Print

Squint past the colour to see value — the light-and-dark structure that makes bold African prints work in a quilt instead of fighting each other.

You'll leave able to: look at any busy print and see its value, not just its colour.

READ

Choosing & Combining Fabrics

Build a palette that sings: how to pair Ankara, Adire and batik so a quilt has depth, movement and contrast instead of clashing.

You'll leave able to: pull a confident palette from a pile of African prints.

CUT

Cutting the Cloth with Confidence

Fussy-cutting and pattern placement for bold repeats — how to cut African fabric so the motif lands where you want it, with little waste.

You'll leave able to: cut into a beautiful bold print without fear.

BUILD

From Fabric to Finished Voice

Take a pile of African fabric to a finished, intentional piece — the design decisions that turn a project into part of your body of work.

You'll leave able to: make design choices with intention, so a quilt says something that's yours.

Also available

Lectures & workshops for your guild.

Prefer a talk or a hands-on session? These bring the same African-fabric heart in a different shape.

LECTURE

Come and know the cloth

A rich, story-led talk (with trunk show) on African textiles — culture, meaning, and how it all connects to quilting. Perfect as a guild programme night.

WORKSHOP