Common Threads: Peanuts in Stitches
October 1, 2005 to January 30, 2006 |
(upper left and bottom right)
Peanuts
Artist: Sachiko Yoshida
Saitama, Japan
cotton, appliquéd, embroidered, quilted
In the quilt on the left, Lucy is holding balloon that looks very similar to good ol’
Charlie Brown (from the title panel for Peanuts, March 28, 1993). On the right,
Snoopy appears as a scarecrow (from the title panel for Peanuts, June 3, 1990).
(upper right)
Love
Artist: Hatsue Deguchi
Tokyo, Japan
cotton, pieced, appliquéd, embroidered, quilted
With this quilt, the artist is expressing love for Charlie Brown: “This wonderful love [for Peanuts] will remain in everyone’s hearts forever and make everyone happy.”
(lower left)
Music
Artist: Michiko Sonobe
Tokyo, Japan
cotton, pieced, embroidered, quilted
About this quilt, the artist explained, “Snoopy’s family [got] together…to practice Beethoven’s #9.” Many other Peanuts characters are chiming in. Did Schroeder design the border?

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