My oldest step-daughter spent a year abroad during school studying in Japan. She brought home a love of sakura trees and infected me with it! The stems on these pillows are taken from an original hand drawn image first created for the lace I made for her wedding gown. The line of dragonflies down the side is one of a handful of traditional Japanese patterns found in Sashiko embroidery. Sashiko is a very old form of hand sewing using simple running stitches. The Japanese word Sashiko means “little stabs“.
The illustrations on the pillows are first hand drawn from my imagination with a silk painting resist, then painted with high quality silk dyes I custom mix to my own hues. After painting, the silk is steamed to set the dye making these completely colorfast and hand washable! After steam setting, the Asian influenced design was embellished with metallic gold silk fabric paint to create the stamen in the blossoms. These are truly one of a kind pieces of textile art for your home!
Bone Sakura - 18"
17" square 100% Silk Habotai pillow sham plus 1" border flange. Hidden invisible zipper closure on bottom.
Insert Specs:
- Ultra Soft - This pillow insert is made using micro denier, a down alternative, that has the same feel, weight and characteristics of traditional down, but is hypoallergenic
- No Allergens - Pillow is hypoallergenic, odorless, lint and dust free, free of flame retardant chemicals
- Karate Chop - This pillow is ultra soft and has the traditional karate chop look that comes with natural down
- No lumps - We use a slick polyester fiber to keep the pillow's filler smooth unlike cheap pillows that use dry fibers that will quickly lump up and need replacing
- Covering - American made pillow shell from a high thread count poly cotton blended fabric, that is durable and machine washable, machine dryable
- Made in USA
A beautiful shade of very pale cafe ole. Sakura blossoms have traditional mottling from white to pale pink to bright pink centers with bright gold metallic stamen.
