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.