Tanzania was born out of Teresa's love for appliqué. While making her more traditional quilts, she was doing a lot of hand appliqué and covering her quilts with embroidery, hand embroidery, and hand quilting them. As she progressed more into art quilting, she wanted to explore different techniques. As a result, Tanzania is entirely raw edge appliqué, fused, and quilted on the machine. The quilt was inspired by a photo that Teresa and her husband took on a trip to Tanzania in 2011, and she learned to do the techniques for this quilt in a class from David Taylor.

 

 

See more of Teresa's quilts in Improv String Quilts and a History of Japanese Textiles with Teresa Duryea Wong | Using Appliqué to Mask a Mistake.

 

 

 

Original Photo: Mary Kay Davis