Common Threads: Peanuts in Stitches
October 1, 2005 to January 30, 2006

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(on the left)
Do You Know?
Artists: Shizuko Kuroha and Sapporo-kyoshitu
Tokyo, Japan
cotton, pieced, appliquéd, quilted

This album style quilt is an homage to Snoopy, and was created by using traditional Japanese kasuri and yukata textiles. According to the artist, “I was requested to produce a quilt of Snoopy using aizome, a Japanese style of dyeing using indigo.”

(on the right)
Imagine! Colors of Happiness
Artist: Yoko Ueda
Kanagawa, Japan
cotton, pieced, appliquéd, quilted
           
This quilt is meant to express the spirit of PeanutsThe artist confessed, “I love[d] Peanuts from my childhood.”