Kena Tangi Dorsey is a quilt artist, educator, pattern designer, and owner of Kena Quilt Studio. She began her quilting journey over 25 years ago in Harlem, NYC, and has since developed a vibrant artistic style that blends contemporary design, modern improv, and traditional techniques. But it's creating portrait art quilts that truly makes her heart sing.
Known for her bold use of color and pattern, Kena is passionate about working with striking textiles—especially Indonesian batiks, African batiks, and African wax prints. Her work is brought to life through free-motion quilting, where each stitch adds texture and movement to her vivid fabric compositions.
Kena shares her knowledge and creativity through workshops and lectures at quilt guilds and conferences, both in-person and online. Her work has been featured in quilt festivals and published in multiple issues of Art Quilting Studio Magazine and Today’s Quilter Magazine in 2023, 2024, and 2025. Her quilts have also appeared in juried competitions, including the Pacific International Quilt Festival and Road to California.
A former brand ambassador for Benartex (2024), Kena currently represents the Grace Company as a longarm quilting ambassador. Through her online quilt shop, she offers African fabrics, quilt patterns, and kits that inspire makers to explore rich cultural textiles in their own work.
Classes:
3063C Birds of Paradise (Raw Edge Applique)
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