Atef
are coming to Perth as guests of the West Australian Quilters Association.
Who are they? – In a nutshell, men who are also master appliqué artists. They are Egyptians who are attempting to maintain their centuries old craft of appliquéd panels which lined the insides of their tents.
What will they do here? – They will present 2 one day interactive sessions where we can see how they work and experience their techniques that are centuries old by recreating one of their designs in the same way they do it.
When will this happen? – 30th and 31st July for the interactive sessions. More information on these will be in the next issue of the Quilters Quarterly.
2nd August: There will also be an evening of hearing their interpreter talk about their skills, their need to keep this tradition alive, and how they have managed to keep their incomes from disappearing due to modern copies. At the same time see them working as well as viewing an exhibition of their work which will also be for sale.
There will be more details on this in the Quilters Quarterly, including your invitation to attend the evening event.
Please mark your diaries now.
Kerry Moore
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How late does the tentmakers evening go on? Would it be possible to see their work after 8pm?
We will start taking down the exhibition at 8.30 so you should be able to see it before then.
Yes, will go on till at least 9 pm I think
I wondered if they are traveling to South Australia?
Kind regards,
Elspeth
Will check for you
The Tentmakers arrived in Adelaide today. They are there for the whole of the next week and then they go to Canberra for a few days before coming to us. We send them back to Cairo at the end of our time with them.
Do they come to Australia on a regular basis? I am the VP of the Geelong Patchwork & Quilters Guild (Victoria) and would love to hear their stories at one of our meetings if they come regularly. Regards Cheryl
Only now and again. Jenny Bowker would be able to tell you their schedule. Google for her website
do I need to pre-purchase a ticket?
For the evening talk just turn up and pay at the door
Hi there, I purchased and paid for a quilt and haven’t received this as yet. Can you assist please?
Hello Helen, I have sent you message on to the relevant person, to deal with your query. Kind regards Lorraine.