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
Detail of the same quilt, the bias tape is made from velveteen and the mimosa so fluffy.
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!
More goodies from the show another day.
22 comments:
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.
Thanks, Queenie, for sharing! How exciting and inspiring to see those lovely quilts.
I'm going to take some time to study them.
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
Many more fantastic quilts to be seen, with details, coming up.
I will post many more photos, from other sections of the quilt show.
The Japanese are good at making 'a setting' for displays. I will show you OZ later!
Fabulous post. Thank you for sharing. The detail in these designs is truly amazing.
Thank you, Queenie, from Patchworkklub Košice, Slovakia.
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.
some amazing quilts here, off to ny quilt group meeting today so will have to take my lap top to share your photos.
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.
A lot of attention has been put into these quilts.
You're welcome. More posts to come.
Also many of them are HANDmade! None of them is SMALL!
Next week you will have more quilts to show as I will post other photos.
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?!
I have never been to a quilt show, but I think the Tokoyo show must be the MOST amazing.
Thanks for sharing the beautiful quilts, wish I was there. Did you all find your garden blocks you made and sent in?
Yes, and I will show and tell in a later post. There were a lot of amazing blocks.
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.
Each and every 'sensei' have their own style so this section of the show you get a great variety of styles, technique and material.
I loved seeing the Swedish house. There was such attention to detail, both inside and out.
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