Japanese Puzzle Quilt
- Cotton
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101.5 x 79.5 in
(257.81 x 201.93 cm)
- Lucy Hilty
Fabric back with turquoise woven in one direction, blue in the other. Lucy took a class from Karen Matsumoto on the art of Japanese quilt making. She had become interested in the Japanese art when she taught in Post WWII Japan. This was the most difficult quilt that Lucy ever pieced. Larger than her usual size, required the help of friends to shift during sewing. She used a template to cut the blocks of colored fabrics. The pattern is Sashido called Pine Bark Diamond. Lucy did not finish the hand quilting before she dies so her friends in the East Bay Heritage Group, the Crazies, finished the quilt in her design after her death.
Techniques: Machine Pieced, Hand quilted
Culture: American
Geographic Location: North and Central America, United States
Credit Line: Gift of Rosemary Mucklow, The Lucy Hilty Collection
- Subject Matter: Art Quilt
- Created: 2003
- Inventory Number: 2003.306.010