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Quilting
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Quilting is the process of joining a minimum of three layers of fabric together either through stitching manually using a needle and thread, or mechanically with a sewing machine or specialised longar
Quilter in Bazaar of Nishapur, Iran
Quilter in Bazaar of Nishapur, Iran
Women of Gee's Bend, Alabama quilting, 2005
Women of Gee's Bend, Alabama quilting, 2005
Quilted skirt (silk, wool and cotton – 1770–1790), Jacoba de Jonge-collection MoMu, Antwerp / Photo by Hugo Maertens, Bruges.
Quilted skirt (silk, wool and cotton – 1770–1790), Jacoba de Jonge-collection MoMu, Antwerp / Photo by Hugo Maertens, Bruges.
This early American wholecloth quilt was made in the Colonial period, c. 1760–1800. The blue resist fabric includes bold, fanciful botanical motifs. C
This early American wholecloth quilt was made in the Colonial period, c. 1760–1800. The blue resist fabric includes bold, fanciful botanical motifs. Collection of Bill Volckening.
Sashiko
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Sashiko is a type of traditional Japanese embroidery or stitching used for the decorative and/or functional reinforcement of cloth and clothing. Owing to the relative cheapness and abundance of white
Quilting
…covered local bast fibers with more valuable cotton cloth. The rectangular nature of Japanese cloth articles encouraged rectangle-based patterns. Sashiko stitching has now also developed purely decorative forms. Quilting originated in Sweden in the fifteenth century with heavily stitched and appliquéd…
Detail of a mid-19th-century kimono decorated using sashiko, with white cotton threads on an indigo-dyed plain weave background (Metropolitan Museum o
Detail of a mid-19th-century kimono decorated using sashiko, with white cotton threads on an indigo-dyed plain weave background (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Child's sleeping mat (boro shikimono), late 1800s. The stitches are decorative, but also functional; they hold the pieced cotton rags together
Child's sleeping mat (boro shikimono), late 1800s. The stitches are decorative, but also functional; they hold the pieced cotton rags together
An assortment of sashiko designs
An assortment of sashiko designs
Reversible Fireman's Coat with Interlocking Circles, Chinese Characters and Ginkgo Leaves LACMA M.2000.78
Reversible Fireman's Coat with Interlocking Circles, Chinese Characters and Ginkgo Leaves LACMA M.2000.78