This lovely silk quilt was carefully and painstakingly pieced by Barbara Kiehn for a friend. It is made from heirloom, antique kimonos and both the images and the silk kimonos are from her friend’s relatives.
The key to quilting a quilt like this one is to not overpower the kimono’s or the silk transfer images with the quilting. Instead, I intentionally chose the thread to blend with each area, and to provide texture. The only areas where the quilting shows is the light areas around the images and the kimono. My intention was to enchnace these areas since i consider these the main focal points of the fiber piece.
Hope you enjoyed this quilt as much as I did! It is so striking in person, some times the camera doesn’t capture it. Thanks, Barb!
The next quilt is pretty cool. I’m picking up a new one by Barb, a very cool Egyptian quilt. I’ll ask her if she minds me showing it off.
Other news: Joe and I are babysitting Jack tonight, plus we said farewell to my Dad and Doris, who left this morning for LA. It was fun having them here.
Hugs, Carla
Carla Barrett 
Carla, As always, I am so completely impressed — WOW — I am so excited — can’t wait to see it tonight! You are the BEST!
Hugs
Barb
beautiful work as always Carla, thanks for sharing it.
no quilt yet. I will let you know when it arrives. probably got caught up in the holiday….
Gorgeous quilt Carla and great design choices.
The quilting and your quilting are just beautiful!
Have fun with Jack.
Karen A.
You’re right, that’s a lovely quilt. I like how you quilted it too. Have fun with beautiful Jack.
Your quilting is absolutely perfect!
The quilting work that you have used for this quilt is simply unique. It truly unique – I love the way that you are so creative.
Wow what a design. Thanks for sharing.
I bet you are right about the camera not quite capturing all of this quilt, the pictures give the impression that this would be quite a striking piece of art when viewed in person.
I like how you chose the thread color to blend in, gives it a nice sleekness. I also like the large flower and leaves section.
Antiques sure can make for some interesting times.
That is a STUNNING quilt…I love the white grass and floral work especially. Stunning.
Loved viewing your work!I liked your cool colors and textures!Would like to know how long it takes you to get one of these completed?Keep up your wonderful quiltwork…..
Beautifuly quilted.
esther