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Friday, 20 January 2017

The 16th Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival 2017 (Quilts by 'sensei')

This fantastic quilt show is now on at Tokyo Dome, a huge baseball arena here in Tokyo.

I will post tidbits from the show bit by bit.

Today I will show you work by some of the professional quilters, so called 'sensei'.

Plumeria by Yoshiko Kurihara 栗原淑子

To You by Yoko Sekita 関田陽子



Polish Pottery by Chieko Shiraishi 白石千恵子
 
Detail of the same quilt. Can you see all the crochet?

Be Happy by Megumi Mizuno 水野めぐみ
 Detail of the same quilt


 Field Sketch 'Cornflower' by Noriko Nozawa 野沢典子
 Detail of the same quilt


 Ainsley's Garden by Kazuyo Kanno 菅野和代


 Following the Sweet Scent by Harue Yumoto 湯本晴枝

 
Detail of the same quilt, fantastic variety in the quilted background.



 The Night Garden by Misaki Okabe 岡部美咲

 Rond of the Flowers by Chinami Terai 寺井ちなみ
 Detail of the same quilt, the bias tape is made from velveteen and the mimosa so fluffy.

In this section I and my two friends, Julie and Tanya, had some complaints:
1) the ghastly wallpaper with black and white leaves, a most unflattering background for most of the quilts,
2) the unfortunate lightning. Above the quilts were beams that cast ugly shadows over the quilts by the strong spotlights of the baseball field. The shadows are very obvious on the quilt above and the one with the cornflowers. So sad, because those quilt were both stunningly beautiful, but did not photograph well.

However, I have to take my hat off to the organizers of The festival for paying such attention to displaying quilts well in another section, by building scenes for some of the quilts.

Yoko Saito, who is famous for her taupe quilts, also has a love of Scandinavian design. In recent years she has made a series of quilts and quilted items in misty blue, and they were displayed like this:
A Swedish falu red house had been built.

Real trees and live flowers had been planted in the artificial grass of the baseball field. The perfume of the daffodils was almost overpowering!

In the dining room there was a set of antique furniture and real potted geraniums showing off the quilted table cloth, tea cozy, cushions, lampshade and the hooked rug.

More goodies from the show another day.
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22 comments:

  1. https://linsartyblobs.blogspot.com20 January 2017 at 23:59

    Some beautiful quilts, the close ups helped us to see the details which can be lost on a photo of the whole thing such as the one with the yellow flowers.

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    1. Queeniepatch21 January 2017 at 07:20

      Many more fantastic quilts to be seen, with details, coming up.

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  2. Janie21 January 2017 at 04:06

    Thanks, Queenie, for sharing! How exciting and inspiring to see those lovely quilts.
    I'm going to take some time to study them.

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    1. Queeniepatch21 January 2017 at 07:20

      I will post many more photos, from other sections of the quilt show.

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  3. FlashinScissors21 January 2017 at 07:00

    Gosh! That is a wonderful display of quilts!
    It was a shame about the shadows and the wallpaper, but before I read your comment I thought the wallpaper set the quilts off quite well!
    I've never seen a show where they build a building to show off the quilts ..... I'm amazed!
    What beautiful work by Yoko Saito.
    Thank you for sharing!
    Barbara x

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    1. Queeniepatch21 January 2017 at 07:22

      The Japanese are good at making 'a setting' for displays. I will show you OZ later!

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  4. Susie21 January 2017 at 08:08

    Fabulous post. Thank you for sharing. The detail in these designs is truly amazing.

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    1. Queeniepatch21 January 2017 at 23:18

      A lot of attention has been put into these quilts.

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  5. Luda21 January 2017 at 08:10

    Thank you, Queenie, from Patchworkklub Košice, Slovakia.

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  6. crazyQstitcher21 January 2017 at 15:10

    It is so good to see more of the fabulous quilts that people make. The many hours involved in planning,let alone the intricate and intensive needlework needed to make each whole quilt, is amazing. I would love to see the wattle first hand. Your description whets the appetite.

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    1. Queeniepatch21 January 2017 at 23:20

      Also many of them are HANDmade! None of them is SMALL!

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  7. margaret21 January 2017 at 15:18

    some amazing quilts here, off to ny quilt group meeting today so will have to take my lap top to share your photos.

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    1. Queeniepatch21 January 2017 at 23:20

      Next week you will have more quilts to show as I will post other photos.

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  8. Julie Fukuda21 January 2017 at 17:38

    You took the words right out of my mouth and your pictures are so much better than mine.
    Oh, what a joy it was to spend the day with you and Tanya too.

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    1. Queeniepatch21 January 2017 at 23:22

      It is ALWAYS a joy to spend time with you and Tanya. More photos tomorrow or next week. I now have the struggle of reading the kanji names!!! WHY can't they print out the labels in Roman letters?!

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  9. Carol- Beads and Birds22 January 2017 at 00:33

    I have never been to a quilt show, but I think the Tokoyo show must be the MOST amazing.

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  10. jacaranda22 January 2017 at 06:07

    Thanks for sharing the beautiful quilts, wish I was there. Did you all find your garden blocks you made and sent in?

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    1. Queeniepatch22 January 2017 at 06:12

      Yes, and I will show and tell in a later post. There were a lot of amazing blocks.

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  11. Shelina22 January 2017 at 06:54

    These are so beautiful! They are experts indeed to make such intricate quilts. Thank you for sharing them with us. Lighting is a big issue at every quilt show. The wallpaper is indeed distracting.

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    1. Queeniepatch22 January 2017 at 07:10

      Each and every 'sensei' have their own style so this section of the show you get a great variety of styles, technique and material.

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  12. Pamela1 February 2017 at 14:25

    I loved seeing the Swedish house. There was such attention to detail, both inside and out.

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