This quilt is entirely machine appliqued and machine quilted. The asian themed fabric squares were scraps from the quilted Mah Jongg bags that I make to carry Mah Jongg sets. The squares were appliqued onto a black cotton background and the red borders and sashing are from a piece of red silk that a friend brought me from China several years. That is also appliqued to the black background. This quilt was based on a quilt I saw in the book QUILTING LINE + COLOR by Yoskiko Jinzenji