OKITAMA TRADITIONAL CRAFT Nagai Sashiko( Nagai City)

This type of quilting was begun by Ms. Mie Suzuki, who dearly loved the legend of the Sashiko women nameless women who wove their dreams and aspirations into their tightly woven cotton quilts. The Sashiko technique involves sewing together layers of old wornout fabric using small stitches, breathing new life into old treasures, and their new beauty is comparable to that of fine embroidery. Around 1978 Ms. Mie Suzuki, who was the vice president of the prefectural womens association, decided she would l