25 September, 2010

My new favorite red & white quilt….”Composition II” by Shoko Sakai, Japan

Composition II by Shoko Sakai Japan

 

I “found” this red and white beauty at this years 16th European Patchwork Meeting 2010  in the Val d’Argent, Alsace (Region in France). It was part of the the “Nihon Vogue and JHIA (Japan Handicraft Instructor’s Association)  Exhibition in Liépvre at the Espace Exposition. For all Alsace Patchwork Meeting “pilgrims” that was Exhibition Site No. 20.

The quilt is 2 x 2 meters big and is pieced with “thousands” of little red and white squares. Shoko Sakai won a very well deserved gold prize in the traditional quilt category at the “10th Quilt Nihon Exhibition”, Tokyo. 

It reminded me of my “Little Elements of Fire” quilts, especially the" “all white” part. And as the red silk patches in  my quilt “deteriorate”  with every further washing I was thinking of making myself another version of my quilt anyway.  So this quilt definitely is a very welcome inspiration….

Composition II white detail

You will find some more pictures  in my flickr file.

Composition II red and white detail


I have to mention how Shoko Sakai quilted this. As you can (hopefully) see from the picture above she used red quilting and/or embroidery thread for the red blocks and white thread for the white ones. She quilted every big or small square block individually with sometimes very different patterns. I am not sure that everything is hand quilted but most of  it definitely is. It is perfectly quilted so there could be machine quilting on some of the blocks, i really could not tell.

Luckily (certainly no touching allowed) the quilt was not hanging plan on the wall therefore I was able to get a glimpse at the (all white) back of the quilt with some of the red quilting showing. 


Composition II back quilting detail

16 comments:

Martha said...

That really is the most amazing and original red and white quilt -- thank you so much for posting these wonderful images (very much appreciate the close-ups).

quilthexle said...

Oh I remember that one!! It is absolutely gourgeous. Thanks that you took the time and the effort to post it! I'm not that much into red-and-white - but what I see on your blog (NOT only this quilt!) is not boring - but amazing. Glad I found you!
Take care,
Frauke

Meredith said...

Lovely red and white quilt. It is a new one for me. Glad to see you are blogging.

rote-herzen said...

der Quilt ist der absolute Wahnsinn.
Grüße Heike

Amy said...

wow! that is gorgeous!

Oly Bliss said...

This is so overwhelming and impressive, it's a beautiful achievement!

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Anonymous said...

wonderfull blog. We are doing one in our school if you want you can visit in http://santisimatrinidadikastetxea.blogspot.com But It is not so beautiful than yours. Thanks

Anonymous said...

wonderfull blog. We are doing one in our school if you want you can visit in http://santisimatrinidadikastetxea.blogspot.com But It is not so beautiful than yours. Thanks

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Marieta said...

It´s amazing¡¡
the most beutiful quilt
xx