Awesome African Elephants in My Garden #2 Offered for Sale

Awesome African Elephants in My Garden #2 begins with a blue and yellow butterfly in the center. The center block is framed with various borders and concludes with a herd of elephants at the bottom of the quilt. This quilt measures 52 x 52 inches. It is signed and numbered. It sells for $600.00. For more information, contact me at 0vbrant@bellsouth.net or visit the Clara Ford Foundation Ebay store to purchase.

Awesome African Elephants in My Garden #1 Offered for Sale

Awesome African Elephants in My Garden #1 is the inaugural quilt in this series of 12 quilts. It measures 52 x 52 inches. This medallion style quilt features an orange and green flower center block. Borders include a pieced green and orange border and an orange elephant border. The piece is signed and numbered. It sells for $600.00. For more information, contact me at 0vbrant@bellsouth.net or visit the Clara Ford Foundation Ebay Store to purchase.

"Awesome African Elephants In My Garden" Series Reflects My Country African Style

I would describe my style as "Country African." I love traditional patterns reminiscent of the Civil War and the early 1900’s, but I like to give the traditional patterns a distinctive ethnic twist.

My Awesome African Elephants in My Garden series evolved from this philosophy. Each of the 12 quilts in the series begins with a traditional center block that has a garden theme. From there I allow my imagination to go wild. There is only on rule. There must be elephants in the quilt.

Each quilt measures approximately 50 x50 inches. A gray fabric depicting African elephants in their natural habitat adorn the back of each quilt. There is a hanging sleeve on the back of each quilt for easy display in your home or office.

Each of the quilts in this series sells for $750.00.

Flowers and Tea For Me Offered for Sale

Flowers and Tea For Me is a small wallhanging depicting a charming bouquet of flowers. It measures 24 x 30 inches, has a piping inner border and is embellished with butons. The border has charming teacups with flowers sprouting out of them. I was inspired to make this quilt as a reminder to always take time to pamper myself. It was hand appliquéd and hand quilted with love in 2005. The piece is signed and dated.

Flowers and Tea For Me is offered for sale for $400.00. If you have questions, email me at 0vbrant@bellsouth.net or visit the Clara Ford Foundation Ebay store.

Heavenly Melody Finds a New Home

Heavenly Melody has returned home from rave reviews at the Art Station Gallery http://www.artstation.org/ in Stone Mountain. This quilt measures 48x48 inches and is hand appliquéd. It depicts three women engaged in a heavenly chorus. The colors of the quilt are vibrant purples, reds and greens. The quilt is embellished with buttons, charms and decorative stitching. It is signed and dated.

Heavenly Melody has found a new home with a collector in Atlanta, Georgia.

Flowers Hoping to Be Free Offered For Sale

I am a traditional quilter at heart. I love the old traditional patterns, but I like to add my personal touch to them. Flowers Hoping to Be Free is a traditional four block appliqué pattern that those who study quilts will recognize. The quilt is done in the traditional red, green and yellow color palette, but has a Christmas poinsettia border.

The quilt gets its name from the fact that it took me so long to finish it. It is hand appliquéd, and I started the quilt before I was very skilled in hand appliqué. I put it aside for years because it was just too difficult. Later, I took an appliqué class and was able to finish a quilt called Flowers Growing Free. I dug out my unfinished quilt and Flowers Hoping To be Free was born.

Flowers Hoping to Be Free measures 75 x 75 inches. The blocks are offset by red piping and the flowers are embellished with buttons. It is signed and dated. There is a hanging sleeve on the back for easy display.

Flowers Hoping to Be Free is offered for sale for $1200.00 in the Clara Ford Foundation Ebay Store.

Delta Sisterhood Aids Delta Sigma Theta Scholarship Fund

Delta Sisterhood was auctioned October 7, 2006 as part of the 75th Anniversary celebration of the Clark Atlanta University Sigma Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. Proceeds from the sale benefit the Sigma Chapter’s scholarship fund. It sold for $75.00.

Delta Sisterhood is number 40/100 of the African Canvas Memory Quilt™ series, It measures 31 inches x 41 inches. The back of the quilt is red, of course, with rows and rows of tiny hearts conveying the love of the sisterhood. The binding and sashing are also red. What would a Delta quilt be without an elephant? Not as strong. So a red elephant figures prominently on the front of the quilt. Inspirational words such as “sisterhood” as well as, beads, charms and buttons adorn the front of the quilt.

It was finished in July, 2006.

African Starry Night Captures Grandeur of Nature

African Starry Night was inspired by a night spent on a beautiful beach on Hilton Head Island with a handsome man. There is something special about holding hands, sitting on the sand, listening to the constant ebb and flow of the ocean with the stars blinking knowingly overhead. Such a setting is the perfect place for sharing dreams, fears and laughter.

The taupe, orange and blue colors that dominate the quilt, hopefully, capture the grandeur of nature from sand to sea to heaven, as well as, human fire and primal urges.

African Starry Night measures 63 x 79 inches and features a timeless rail fence pattern. The center of the quilt is framed by four borders. Finished August 26, 2006, it contains wool batting and was hand quilted with love over several months.

This quilt is part of my personal collection and is not for sale.