The inspiration for this piece was the silk fabric itself and my desire to find a suitably lovely way to use it. I chose to dedicate it to my favorite flower. Since silk and irises remind me of things Japanese, I adopted a sashiko design for the garden lattice and titled the piece with haiku.

Date: 1989/1996

Size: 25" x 35"

Materials/techniques: silk, cotton, organza. machine pieced. hand appliquéd, embroidered, and tacked.

Shown: Illinois Quilters Inc, 1996. Stocker Art Center, OH, 1997. In The Garden, IN, 2003.

Published: My Patchwork Quilt in the World, vol. 2, Japan, 1992.

Price: $850.