Maybe it is wrong to call the entries 'quilts' as you would never be able to use them in bed. They might be quilted, but often are not, some are made up of pieces, either appliqué or piecework, but many should rather be classified as embroideries I guess.
Let's stop talking and start looking instead!
The first one IS a pieced piece, and made up of such tiny parts, my friend Julie had to take out her measuring tape to check.
加藤サト子＊Satoko Katoh
This is also pieced and there are machine appliquéd flowers as well as quilting.
鈴木梨香＊Rika Suzuki
The expression 'boro' is becoming well known all over the world. It means something that is torn or broken, and in the form of textiles, and garments especially, I would translate boro as rags.
Here 岡村智子＊Tomoko Okamura has indulged in mending, darning and patching up.
Next up is a sketch, not made with pen or pencil, but by letting the sewing machine do the drawing.
松本睦子＊Mutsuko Matsumoto
Beautiful, yes indeed, but is it a quilt? Well, there seems to be some puffed up fabric in the vase, so it might have wadding inside.
小山内悦子＊Etsuko Oyamauchi (?)
showed off her knitting skills.
We loved this tiger, and the background IS pieced and quilted.
Spring is here! says 後藤恵子＊Keiko Gotoh with this
giant Japanese butterbur.
Deliciously bitter! Tasty when deep fried! Sunny inside the frame!
There are plenty of French Knots and Fly Stitch in this 'quilt'.
More framed quilt to come on a later blog post.
Finally I'd like to point out that as the names of the makers are only displayed in Japanese characters, kanji, and not in either of the two phonetic alphabets or in Roman script (ABC), it is impossible to be certain of how to pronounce the names. My apologies if I have misread any names.
Updated:
木村みね子＊Mineko Kimura
ハンフリーズ 深雪＊Miyuki Humphreys
岡松多恵子＊Takeko Okamatsu
加古真澄＊Masumi Kako
佐藤光子＊Mitsuko Sato
田中和子＊Kazuko Tanaka
長谷川紀子＊Noriko Hasegawa
8 comments:
What wonders !!! All these quilts are more beautiful than each other !!
My favorite is Mutsuko Matsumoto' quilt: the flowers that I find impressive.
A big thank you Carin for these photos. They make me dream !!
Lovely quilts and embroidery. Doing something 'boro' is on my to do list ....if I ever get around to it.
It is impossible to choose one quilt over another. They are all eyecatching.
These framed quilts are amazing. I like the embroidery in the Japanese Butterbur, all the skillfully done
French Knots and Fly stitches, wow.
In a country where bedding comes out of a closet at night and gets folded and put back in the morning, wall art has a certain appeal ... that is, if you have more wall space than what is in my house ... outer walls have windows and inner walls have sliding doors.
There is so much variety and invention here!
I missed most of the framed quilts so I appreciate seeing them here through your eyes! Yes so frustrating to not be able to read the cards - you do such a nice job of puzzling out the makers' names.
Frames Quilts seem to be practical where space is limited. They can also be changed out with the seasons.
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