Love Birds (Guinea Hens), 2008, mixed media, 49 x 52 in. / 124.46 x 132.08 cm.

Love Birds (Guinea Hens), Nancy Bardach, 2008, mixed media, 49 x 52 in. / 124.46 x 132.08 cm.

Cotton fabric, beads, buttons, batting, hand quulting

African Guinea Hens, male and female, flirt in the center. African themed, Dutch wax fabrics contribute character to this land-sea-and-sky quilt. Embellished fish and fowl, a rhino, and the love birds, enhanced with antique buttons, glass and plastic beads, hand quilting and sashiko stitching.