Iyashi
Six paper-pieced kimono dolls with an outer border of cranes flying through darkness. Cranes represent peace, long life, and “iyashi,” Japanese for healing.
Paper-pieced by Kathy Cracroft Wilhelmsen (Draper, Utah – 2008), from a pattern by Helen Ryan in the book Favourite Quilts, ed. Sue Aiken.
Selected and displayed at the Springville Museum of Art in a juried exhibit, July – September 2008.
Custom quilted by Kathy Barlow (Brigham City, Utah)
Size is approximately 22.5 x 22.5 inches.