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Thursday 31 January 2019

18th Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival 2019 - 3 Teachers' Quilts

Every year at the show, there is a section where the famous quilt teachers, 'sensei', can show their work.

Among the many beautiful quilts, I selected these, to share with you.

 Yoshiko Kurihara (栗原淑子) makes portraits of geometric shapes. This title is Carnival in Venice.

Michiko Shima's (島道子) trademark is bias tape. Her appliqué shapes are always edged with bias tape, often metallic.


 Emiko Yoshino (吉野恵美子) calls her quilt Having Started with Log Cabin.
I think she made a really beautiful quilt from this very classic pattern.

The blue and the white silk squares are not Log Cabins but they set off the Cabins well.

If anyone can tell a story with a quilt, it is Yoko Sekita (関田陽子). Her quilts are full of tiny details, fun and charming. Here she is showing scenes from famous children's stories. Please notice the amount of fine details.


 Among them you can see a scene from The Emperor's New Clothes.

and here is Sleeping Beauty



 I don't remember Megumi Mizuno (水野めぐみ) from previous years. She made a quilt with charming Japanese 'kokeshi' dolls. These wooden dolls come in many forms and decorations depending on the region. They are much loved interior decorations.




Another popular item in Japanese homes are wind chimes. These are made from glass. The quilter is well-established Suzuko Koseki (小関鈴子).

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8 comments:

  1. Pamela31 January 2019 at 07:45

    Thank you for the additional information about the quilters! I missed the wind chimes quilt. I guess it's hard to see them all.

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  2. Pippa31 January 2019 at 16:09

    Thank you so much for all the photographs the quilts are amazing. Pippa

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  3. Shelina (formerly known as Shasta)31 January 2019 at 23:30

    These are all superb! I really like the Yoko Sekita quilt. All those tiny fairy tales in one quilt!

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  4. https://linsartyblobs.blogspot.com1 February 2019 at 04:32

    Amazing details on the quilts, they must have taken an age to make.

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  5. Aurelia Eglantine1 February 2019 at 11:11

    How wonderful it must have been to see these beautiful quilts in person! Thanks so much for sharing them. I love Carnival in Venice, and the charming Storybook quilt - you could look at all the little details for ages! The Log Cabin is very different and striking and I like the idea of using bias edging for binding applique motifs, sounds interesting :)

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  6. crazyQstitcher1 February 2019 at 17:58

    I admit the Carnival in Venice is my favourite but every other is so creative and beautifully stitched. Pity everyone can't get first prize.

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  7. Rachel3 February 2019 at 22:32

    My goodness, you'd never run out of new details to discover, would you!

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  8. carorose5 February 2019 at 15:17

    Such inspiration! And all that detail. Each one is a work of art.

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