What's In A Quilt - The Green Man - Part 17: Mending

 Do you remember the tear in the Stained Glass block? Well, I just had to mend it.

That was easy and quick.

So easy and quick that I could go on and add a bit more delight to the Green Man. After all, I still had the needle and thread by the ready. Why not embellish the bias tape with embroidery? I've done it before on another quilt:

I started with a simple Herringbone Stitch.

To be continued ...

WIPW - Full Circle

Work In Progress Wednesday.

Mandala

I have come full circle with the Boucle Stitch edge. I let my feet show in the picture so the size of the Mandala can be seen.

Sunday Stitch School Stitch Sampler

I added two stitches, #270 Spaced Buttonhole Filling Stitch and #271 Hoshidome Stitch (the small white dots).

QUILT SHOW in Yokohama, Part 1

November is a busy month for quilt shows. Last Friday I attended the show in Yokohama that is now run by Japan Quilt Society. 

I reported on their show in March here and here.

This show in November was divided into contests for Miniature, Traditional, Japanese (Wa),  Creative, Junior and Group quilts.

There was a section for international quilts, mainly from Korea and China.

There was a section for quilts from European countries.

First, let's look at some quilts from the contest:

This little quilt measures 40 x 40 cm and was made by 

Satoko Kase ＊ 加瀬サト子

A Rising Star measures 60 x 60 cm. 

It was made by Atsuko Ichikawa ＊ 市川亜都子

Makiko Toda ＊戸田真紀子　

made a sweet little quilt in blue and white, 48.5 x 48.5 cm

This was inspired by a Meissen china elephant, maybe something like this? 

Midori Miyake＊三宅みどり

Yosuke ＊洋輔 made his own version of the World Map.

Below are details of Japan. You can see a sumo wrestler, sushi, a samurai warrior's armour and maybe a geisha?

Here is another map - of Hawaii.

Junko Ishihara＊石原淳子

The quilt spells out the word Joker, but the title of the quilt is Trump Trump.

(Trump is the Japanese word for playing cards.)

Yasuko Yubisui＊指吸快子

Hiroko Takita＊瀧田裕子

Noriko Shimano　＊　島野徳子

The woven areas ARE woven!

Highly structured yet soft by

Ayuko Katayama ＊片山あゆ子

Which shoes shall I wear today?

Yukiko Maruhama ＊丸濱由紀子

Black and white (and a bit of yellow) for the Four Seasons

Etsuko Ishitobi ＊石飛悦子

A masterpiece by Sachiko Chiba ＊千葉幸子

Please note, that it received no award nor a rosette in spite of being large, hanging absolutely straight and being impeccably hand-quilted.

Reiko Naganuma ＊長沼玲子

Best of Show went to 

Junko Hiranuma ＊平沼淳子

Mitsuko Sugimoto ＊杉本美津子 

used old kimono fabric which she machine quilted. 

For this, she received 2nd prize

Masa Yagimoto ＊柳本眞佐 

landed the 3rd prize.

To be continued...

Sunday Stitch School - Lesson 272: Alternating Diagonal Stitch

In the excellent A-Z of Embroidery Stitches 2, I found this easy, yet striking stitch. Alternating Diagonal Stitch. The point is that you use two threads, and if they are of contrasting colours you get a nice 'barber shop sign' look.

Here is how to stitch it:

Stitch downwards.

When you have reached the 

end of the first column, 

change colour.

Easy peasy!

Homework:

Add here. Use waste canvas when needed.

QUILT SHOW in Nakano, Tokyo - Quilt Japan Contest

Recently I went to a quilt show in Nakano, Tokyo. The quilt magazine Quilt Japan, Japan Craft Holdings and Nihon Vouge held a show.

Here are some of the quilts and bags I saw:

Anne of Green Gables by 竹田裕子

The twelve animals in the Chinese zodiac by 弘重夏子

Next year (2024) is The year of the Dragon

杉本美津子

Dear old beloved Sunbonnet Sue and her beau  by 嶋田悟子

溝田亮子

関谷みよ子 must be a cat lover, don't you think?

田渕宏子 is probably a great fan of Cosplay (costume play=dressing up) and Gothic Lolita style

Cool Garden by 深川美穂 won Best of Show

This was one of my favourites. Pufferfish singing while flying in the sky with the aid of balloons! 

坂根ようこ

Longing for Mandala by飯田奈緒美

森田朝美

Have you ever seen an elephant with eyelashes?  Very trendy!  渡辺真弓

Was 佐藤好子 inspired by Happy Villages?    

Can you see the woven background for this scene? 西山たつ子

徳永博子

Impeccable! 趙今福

Korean cloth for wrapping things in. 河合清美

The Japanese love trains and Shinkansen (The Bullet Train) especially. Here is "Dr Yellow", the iconic test train that makes maintenance checks. The pictures are photographs. 大石由美子

            

I guess 長瀬順子went on a trip to Rome to throw a coin into Fontana di Trevi.

菅谷由希子 made a masterpiece in machine quilting.

若松操

Bags

末吉吟子

坂下和代

It's good to always have a pencil at the ready!　高岡裕子

One of my favourites! 栗森貞江

梅野京子

The bag is made with the very expensive kimono silk called Oshima Tsumugi. 萩本みち江

増森みよえ

Tiny, eh!

Can you guess what 市川淑子 used to make this bag?

    Yes! Old Terry towels!

嶋田悟子

A few days after this show I went to another one in Yokohama. So be prepared that another set of photographs will appear on this blog shortly.