For the Wedding of My Beloved Daughter

Name/Title

For the Wedding of My Beloved Daughter

Entry/Object ID

2018.03.05

Made/Created

Artist

Keiko Morihiro

Date made

2017

Place

City

Sanda

State/Province

Hyogo Prefecture

Country

Japan

Continent

Asia

Dimensions

Height

86 in

Width

86 in

Interpretative Labels

Label

"I started making this quilt six years ago for the wedding present of my beloved daughter. It took me about five years to complete. A double-wedding-ring quilt, in most cases, is made of a colorful trapezoid pattern. Instead, I used less colors and more of the whitish colors to emphasize the image of the wedding costume, and made 4,700 original round appliqué pieces that graduated from light to dark colors. On the border and in the ring patterns, I used a trapunto technique to express great depth and shade. The quilt was made primarily of cotton and in parts of the trapunto I used wool.

Research Notes

Notes

Awards Won: AQS Best Hand Workmanship Award 2018

General Notes

Note Type

Materials Used

Note

Cottons, wool

Note Type

Techniques Used

Note

Hand appliquéd, hand quilted