QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Signature Quilt Pilot Project

Who documented this quilt?

Signature Quilt Project Public Submission; California Heritage Quilt Project

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Japanese friendship quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Double X

How wide is the quilt?

43 1/2 inches

How long is the quilt?

43 1/2 inches

Type of inscription:

Date; Message; Multiple Names

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Those participating in the Heart Circle Quilters retreat had a piece of ribbon tacked onto the quilt near their name: Michiko Shima Tomoyo Kitagawa Kumiko Matsuda Toshiko Sakamoto Masako Sakata Shizuko Murayama Misako Masaki Kei Teranishi Kazuyo Akitsu Tamae Sato Michiyo Okumoto Other students of Michiko Shima who signed their blocks: Masako Avatani Keiko Ohiga Yoriko Yoshikawa Fumiko Yoshimizu Mitve Asami (name reversed) Ikuko Kawagachi Eiko Inida Fumiko Fukuoka Yoshiko Asano Matsui Mitsuko (name reversed) Yoshiko Otuka Takako Ninomaru Uehihama Kaori (name reversed) Ikuco Yagi Tomino Nakazima Masako Nishibe Kayo Sato Fukuda Tatomi (name reversed) Michiyo Seiki Kyo Mori Mariko Miyaoka Megumi Hata Fumiko Katsura Kikuko Yosihmaka Matsue Minamino Chikako Skiki (last name smudged, maybe spelled different) Shimada Teruyo (name reversed) Kiyo Yamawaki Maki Fujiwara S. Narimatsu Keiko Fukunishi Mieko Yashiro Masako Koyama Chieko Kitamine Sadako Maruyamo Shigeleo Ichida Hagino Nisimur Sachiko Nishibe Kimiko Hirai Miyoko Furuko All names were written in Japanese and English. Unless noted, the names are signed first name, last name. The back of the quilt bears a label with this inscription: Dear Scarlett We are looking forward to seeing you in Redding Mt. Shasta. This quilt was made by 49 people. Some people made blocks very well, some people didn't so. We present this quilt to you with deep friendship. Michiko Shima Tomoyo Kitagawa Kumiko Matsuda Toshiko Sakamoto Masako Sakata Shizuko Murayama Misako Masaki Kei Teranishi Kazuyo Akitsu Tamae Sato Michiyo Okumoto

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

October 2004

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery; Ink

Location of inscription:

multiple locations; on back

Time period:

2000-2025

Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:

2004

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Quilt top made by:

Shima, Michiko

Where the quilt was made, city:

Osaka

Where the quilt was made, country:

Japan

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Scarlett met Michiko Shima in 2002, during her first trip to Japan to teach in Nagoya for the Brother Sewing Machine company. She kept up contact with Michiko, meeting with her in Paducah and Houston at the international quilt shows held in those locations. In July 2003, Scarlett organized a Celtic Quilt Exhibit at the studio of KIXE Channel 9 in Redding, California as a fund raiser for her local Public Television station. She invited quilters from the USA, England and Japan to send their Celtic quilts for this show. All the Celtic quilts and garments were taped for the Northstate Quilts 2004 program that aired on KIXE, which broadcasts in the nine northern counties of California. Scarlett is a Co-Producer of the Northstate Quilts TV series. Michiko came to Scarlett's Celtic Quilt Exhibit with her son Yuichiro as translator. She met with Scarlett and the Celtic Quilt show's featured artist, Philomena Durcan of Sunnyvale, California (now living in Portland, Oregon). This Celtic Quilt edition of the Northstate Quilts program was also aired in Japan, at the 2006 International Quilt Week held in Osaka, Japan, as part of Scarlett's Celtic Quilt Special Exhibit. Scarlett taught 2 workshops at IQW Osaka, did a Quilt Walk (live walkthrough of her special exhibit, describing her quilts) and she also taught a workshop at Michiko's quilt shop in Osaka after IQW ended. In October 2004, a quilter's retreat was planned by Laurie Short of Redding, California, for Michiko and 10 of her students. The Heart Circle Quilters, as this group of Japanese and American quilters became known, exchanged friendship blocks at a dinner held at the Holiday Inn in Redding, CA. Scarlett has her Japanese block and the American blocks, but hasn't put them together into a quilt top as of 2009. Three American quilters: Betty McFadyen, Babs Robinson and Bette Lee Collins, are known to have finished their friendship quilts and Scarlett does have pictures of their quilts on her website, on the pages about the Heart Circle Quilter's Retreat. Scarlett designed a large medallion version of the block pattern used for the friendship exchange and gave the pattern for it as a gift to all those quilters who participated in the swap. The block pattern used, with permission, for the friendship block exchange is the Heart Medallion block from "The Signature Quilt: Traditions, Techniques and The Signature Block Collection" by Pepper Cory & Susan McKelvey.

Why was the quilt made?

Autograph or friendship

Quilt owner's name:

Scarlett Rose

Quilt owner's city:

Anderson

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Description of quilt:

Scarlett was presented this quilt by her friend Michiko Shima of Osaka, Japan. It contains signatures from Michiko and 48 of her students. Eleven Japanese quilters came to Redding for the Heart Circle Quilter's retreat held in October 2004.

Who photographed this quilt?

Scarlett Rose

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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