glendajean Memory Quilt - While visiting my son & beautiful daughter-in-law in Japan I was approached by their neighbour & friend who showed me her silk obi she had worn on her girls day 55 years earlier & she asked how could she make it in to a quilt. I suggested several ideas. As she was not a quilter she asked if I would take on the project for her. The centre panel is the original obi unfolded & left completely as it came of the loom(woven by hand & all silk threads except for the gold threads very very heavy) I decided that the fabric was so outstanding on it's own it did not need any embellishing plus I could not bring my self to cut that unbelievable beautiful fabric. I then just added boarders made for simple silk Obi's. It now lies on her bed in pride of place instead of lying in a draw forgotten by all but Kimio. Cheers Glenda