The Malabo Ladies Quilt Group, Equatorial Guinea
The Malabo Ladies Quilt Group—
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
In January, 2008, Barbara Hunt packed her sewing machines, cutting table, and stash to take with her to her new home on a small island off the West coast of Africa. Having been taught how to quilt while she lived for a short time in Indonesia, Barbara wanted to “pay it forward” and sent e-mails to all of the other expatriate wives she knew in Malabo, hoping to start a quilt group. Their group of mainly beginning quilters met every Thursday to learn all they could from each other. Recognizing the poverty of their community, the group decided to use their talents to provide assistance. They held 2 fundraising events in the expatriate community, resulting in thousands of dollars used to provide aid to those in need.
Read about this and many more quilting groups in America Quilts Together 2012 from McCall’s Quilting magazines.
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The quilt is just fantastic. What do the symbols in the blocks mean?
I will ask our senior editor when she returns soon, but in the mean time I’m pretty sure I know what one of them means
I had the honor of living in Malabo with these ladies for 3 years. The quilting they do is fantastic. I remember the work they put into quilts and the quilts made for the fundraisers. Phenomenal!! Congrats everyone. Wish I was still there.
They are and were a great group of woman. Some are gone but other remain.
Congrats ladies for a wonderful job you done and the ones you will do in the future.
Miss you all!!!!!!!!!!!!!