Product Description

Japanese-inspired textiles and fabrics are now more popular than ever, but their large-scale motifs can be challenging to use in quilts. Award-winning quiltmaker Kitty Pippen shares her expertise and enthusiasm for Japanese textiles with eight exquisite quilt designs and 40 glorious photos of quilts that showcase the beauty of these fine fabrics.

• Contains gorgeous patterns for quilters of all skill levels, from simple linked shapes and mosaics to Japanese octagonal designs and Crazy patchwork

• Get a comprehensive introduction to Japanese textiles, such as Indigo, Kasuri, Yukata, Shibori, and Aizome

• A special section on Sashiko quilting will add incredible richness to any pieced quilt

• Includes special adaptations for common quilting techniques, such as machine piecing, paper piecing, and appliqué

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #149394 in Books
• Published on: 2000-06
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

About the Author
Hometown: Chico, California

Kitty Pippen has been a contributing designer for numerous books on quiltmaking. She has also written articles for several national quilting and sewing magazines, such as Quilter's Newsletter, Threads, American Quilter, and Ladies' Circle Patchwork Quilts.

Customer Reviews

Quilting with Japanese Fabric by Kitty Pippen
This would have to be the most interesting and inspirational quilting book I have bought. I was wary about buying a book I had never seen but am thrilled with it. I took it to my quilting group and am ordering five more for friends. Thanks Kitty, love it.

Quilting with Japanese Fabrics
This has got to be my favorite book using Asian fabrics to create beautiful quilts. I am particularly drawn to the mosaic-style pieces and the hexagonal piecing projects with sashiko embroidery. The introduction explains all the different types of Japanese fabrics and the elements of Japanese design. There are many reproducible designs in the back of the book for family crests and other traditional designs for sashiko embroidery. This book contains dozens of beautiful color photos that are very inspiring to the quilt designer. Diagrams, drawings, full-size patterns, and instructions are very clear and easy to follow.

Welcome addition to my library.
A welcome addition to my library. Would be nice to see more books on this subject!