Most of these quilts were entered in the contest.
These were the largest flowers I saw.
Mikyung Jang (Korea)
A double wedding ring quilt with interesting centres, note the feathered leaves.
I like the off the centre design, and the hand quilting was fabulous.
This one was stunning from a distance and up close, too. A beautiful mix of piecing, appliqué and quilting.
Here you have a modern twist to flowering trees, or are they fruit trees?
Making Suffolk puffs, or yo-yos, is a great activity when you have 'time on your hands', in a waiting room e.g., but then you come home and have to put them all together...
杉田恵利子＊Eriko Sugita
These roses had a nice sharp look about them.
Whereas these yellow ones were much softer in their shape.
Lotus flowers
I like these framed quilts; you can start with a centre panel and then add borders one after another till you have the size quilt you want!
This quilt was unusual in its design, and a real crowd stopper. Lovely quilting design.
Cats enjoy flowers, too.
and so do fish
In this last photo there is a hint of what is to come in my next blog post - thread play!
Some flowers were simply created with quilting and embroidery
Have you noticed how many small dots there were in the quilts?
Have you noticed how many quilts there were with circular motifs?
Have you noticed how uncertain I am about the pronunciation of the Japanese names?
Why don't you head over to my friend Tanya's blog and read her excellent text about these questions, and don't miss her great photos! Click here and here
27 comments:
I am speechless in front of those wonderful artworks. Thank you for those beautiful photos, and especially for the detail ones. Perfectioism pure.
It would have been interesting to take statistics as to the number of quilts with flowers, those little dots, or both. On the other hand, All those spiderwebs we saw last year must have run their course.
I think my camera missed a lot of those but many I gave up on because of elbows and shoulders. Probably the viewers enjoyed getting a good close-up view. I know I did too.
Actually the show is so crowded that you can hardly take any whole quilt pictures; that is why I have so many close up pictures! Fortunately the Japanese do such intricate work it can be scrutinised up close!
Thank you for reminding me of those spider webs of last year; actually I can't recall seeing a single spider this time, or I didn't look for them. Sorry for not adding a lot of text; Tanya seems to be saying it all!
Such fabulous work........Although I am not a quilter, I can fully appreciate these beautiful pieces, thank you Queenie,
hugs
Chris Richards xx
Such wonderful eye candy thank you for the close ups, food for thought.
Thank you for sharing these wonderful photos. The quilts are magnificent! I dream of being able to attend the Festval one day!
I am not a quilter, I enjoyed the eye candy and the details of the quilts. Thank you very much, Queenie
I love your photos - keep them coming! Sure wish I could have met up with you and Julie!
All these quilts are wonderful! Thank you for your wonderful pictures.
Thanks for sharing these beauties! I'ts a pity to see the folding lines on some of the quilts.
What beautiful quilts! That quilting is indeed spectacular. I visited Yokohama Quilt week a couple of months ago and just fell in love with the Japanese aesthetic. You are so lucky to see these shows often!
A celebration of color and stitching. They are skillful with both. Thanks for sharing with us.
Thank you so much for posting all about these beautiful quilts! I am amazed by all the detail!
You're welcome! More pictures are coming soon.
Yes, indeed, you can get a lot of inspiration from others' work.
Attending the show amongst the crowds is not for the fainthearted! If you can stand being bumped into and waiting patiently for your turn to take a picture, then it is worth attending!
My next report might be more interesting - I'll look at how thread has been used.
Julie and I miss you, too, and I am sure you would love to meet Tanya. Imagine how much more we would have been able to see with FOUR pairs of eyes!
I know you love flowers and at this show there were a lot of floral motifs.
You are so right! Many, too many, quilts had nasty folding lines. Julie, Tanya and I discussed this. Japanese homes are small and storage space limited. Very few people would roll their quilts on tubes.
Another problem is that you might send in your quilt perfectly packed with bubble wrap and then it is returned to you in a careless and disorderly way. This is the case with the Yokohama show, where your original box and wrapping has been replaced with a simple padded envelope - no wonder there are folding lines in the quilts! If you have your quilt displayed at various shows, and they are returned in such a way, folding lines will form.
If you liked the quilts in Yokohama you would have loved these. The very best quilts are always held back for the Tokyo show.
There are several categories for the contest; Traditional, Original Design, Wa (=Japanese fabric or style), Junior, Framed quilts and Bags. With such variety there is bound to be all the colours of the rainbow and stitching galore!
I hope one day you will be able to join us to see for yourself!
These are all just soooo beautiful. I love, love, love the first quilt. The others are fantastic, too.
That first quilt was densely quilted in flowing lines, the quilt almost resembled cardboard. The appliqué underneath all the stitching was done with a lot of smaller strips so there was a lot of shading.
Thank you for your posting.
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