I hope you are not fed up with quilts, because here come the first lot from the contest.
Let's start with the Grand Prix, Best in Show
眞田雅子＊Masako Sanada
I don't always agree with the judges, but this year I certainly do. I think this quilt is a real stunner!
Second prize
桂川ちはる＊Chiharu Katsuragawa
The Handwork Award went to
this meticulously made Baltimore album quilt on 25 blocks.
今井寿子＊Toshiko Imai
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Traditional quilts
The following quilts, though fantastic, did not win any prizes.
山口智恵子＊Chieko Yamaguchi
大友直美＊Naomi Otomo
森田佳子＊Yoshiko Morita used up her Liberty stash!
胡桃沢淑子＊Yuko Komazawa
界亜希＊Aki Sakai must surely use a microscope to stitch such tiny details
小島礼子＊Reiko Kojima
山崎佳子＊Yoshiko Yamazaki makes her Feather stitches so evenly one wonders if they are made by machine, but no, no!
大内淳＊Jun Oguchi
千葉幸子＊Sachiko Chiba has fussy-cut the petals for the lilies, see how they open beautifully
柳沼みゆき＊Miyuki Yanaguma
谷口由紀＊Yuki Taniguchi
高橋綾子＊Ayako Takahashi
Thanks for sharing this with us. It's great to see these beauties! For now I only took a quick look, I have a new blogpost to write. But I'm coming back to take a better look later this week.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a good second look and can enjoy the fantastic quilts.
DeleteAren't these gorgeous? I think I missed a few of these, thanks for posting so I can see here what I didn't see there!
ReplyDeleteIt is so easy to miss things when there is a crowd and one has limited time to stand in front of the quilts.
DeleteStunning and beautiful quilts. Thank you for taking us all along to the show.
ReplyDeleteMore tomorrow!
DeleteNext year you can see all for yourself, I hope!
No I'm not fed up with seeing the quilts, there are some stunning ones. I think I like the first one the most.
ReplyDeleteSo did the judges! I think it was the best Grand Prix of the shows 17-year history.
DeleteThese quilts, they're all amazing!
ReplyDeleteI agree, Aki's bear family quilt details must've been done with a magnifying
glass. So fun!
That quilter always work such small details in her quilt. I saw it the first time some years ago in the Yokohama show and everyone was standing around drooling.
DeleteThey are all stunning, but the winning one does look fabulous!
ReplyDeleteIt was the best!
DeleteI was hoping to go back one more time at the end when there are fewer people, but with all that is coming up here, there was sadly no way.
ReplyDeleteI, too, wish my time would be MY time, but alas I am at the beck-and-call of others and had no chance of returning for a third visit.
DeleteI am in awe.
ReplyDeleteThere are some great quilts, aren't there?
DeleteMay I ask if you know the pattern name of the house/cathedral quilt done by Yuki Taniguchi? Beautiful!! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid I don't. I guess it is her own design.
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