Kake-Jiku: Images of Japan in Appliqué, Fabric Origami, and Sashiko

by Kumiko Sudo

A dazzling collection of 14 Kake-jiku—traditional Japanese hand-painted scrolls often hung in entryways—is featured in this craft guide. Often created to celebrate the changing seasons and bestow good fortune on a household, these innovative Kake-jiku designs featured are made with contemporary fabrics. Each image is a picture-window into Japanese culture, and the accompanying text explains the symbolism of each design. All patterns can be constructed using a unique style of Japanese appliqué, and several are embellished with fabric-origami flowers. Several of the patterns included are enhanced by beautiful and intricate sashiko stitching, and a section on technique describes appliqué and stitching methods and provides instructions for making all-in-one wraparound borders. Glorious photography, step-by-step color drawings, and watercolor drawings enhance this art-inspired craft book, and a bound-in template pack—complete with full-size templates made from durable, reinforced paper—allows for multiple uses of individual template pieces.

Genres: Crafts

160 pages, Paperback

First published October 20, 2006

Reviews

[June Jacobs · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a beautiful book . . .

The quilting projects in this book are unique and artful. The stories and watercolors shared by the author are lovely, too.

Even if you don't quilt, I feel you would enjoy looking through this book just to view the artistry shared by the author. Highly-recommended!

I borrowed this book from the local public library.

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[Anna Bichta Peebler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent inspiration and practical resource for quilters interested in Japanese style. Great cultural references too. I will be making a project from this book soon. It has all the templates for appliqués and very good instructions.

[Lacee Lambert · Rating 1 out of 5]

I didn't really find this one to be particularly informative or instructive in any way...I also thought the apliqué patterns although Japanese themed kinda cheesy. I like the realm of Japanese culture that was devoted to simplicity and this book was very much the opposite.