Quilt Time Festival 2019 - Yokohama, Part 4

What more did we see at the quilt show?

Colourful quilts from Mexico!

'Beautiful Mexico' by Sonia Flores Ruiz,

who also made

'The Comrades'
Look at the details and variation of techniques

Here Sonia is posing in front of her 'Kukulkán, myth or legend'

She told us about how in spring and fall the sun casts a shadow on the steps of the pyramid at the temple El Castillo, Chichen, Itza. 
The shadow looks like a feathered serpent descending down the steps. 
You can read about it here.

 The pond was a used for human sacrifice, and archeologists have found jewels with the bones.
Sonia added these details to her quilt.

Mary Ann Vaca-Lambert

made this beautiful 'Virgin of Guadalupe'.

Invited from the US were Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr of Modern Quilt Studio.

Their quilts were colourful, fresh and very attractive.

'Go Big'

 'Star Bright'

 
 'Pacific'

 'Crown Jewels'

 My friend Pamela of Hokkaido Kudasai, has posted many more photos of these quilts. Don't miss this chance!

 Chikako Ueno (上野知佳子) and her fellow members of Nihon Heritage Quilters Guild had once again (19th time actually) joined hands with quilters in the US and France to work on a challenge: 'World Poet & Author'.
The works of 30 writers had been selected and a quilter each from USA, France and Japan had made a small quilt depicting the poet or piece of poetry.
Ueno-san and her US and French partners had picked Emily Dickinson.

Among the poets I found the Swedish Nobel laureate Harry Martinson

 

Seeing others' work is inspiring, suddenly you want to make something yourself.

Pamela and I decided to take a mini workshop and opted for making necklaces.

 We covered plastic cupped discs with fabric, then joined them to a string with beads.

This project was a great way to use up small pieces of scrap and added instant style to our blue shirts.

In my next and final report from Quilt Time Festival we will be looking at the contest!