OK, we have looked at 'literary quilts', Partnership quilts and Mola.
On today's menu we have:
A few remaining bags
The Cradle of Quilting and Queen of Bags
Framed quilts
Bags
Slash quilting was once trendy, these days you don't see many such quilts, so it was nice to find a bit of 'terry toweling' on this bag.
岡崎久枝＊Hisae Okasaki
A feast of stitches.
市川祐子＊Yuko(?) Ichikawa
The perfect bag for shopping at the fish monger's?
出本正彦＊Masahiro(?) Demoto
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The Cradle of Quilting
A part of the quilt show was devoted to the birthplace of (Western) quilting in Japan, Kichijoji in the western suburbs of Tokyo. Apparently the first shop devoted to quilting,
Quilt House Yama, was opened there in 1976, and then the stone started rolling... Now, with online shopping, many small shops that opened after Quilt House Yama, are closing down. Shopping at the quilt show is a good chance to pick up what you can no longer find in shops.
A few antique quilts from the collection of the founder of Quilt House Yama, Ms Takako Onoyama, were on display.
The Queen of Bags
The bag boom in Japanese quilting might have been kicked off by Ms Naoko Shimoda. She was born in 1953 and has devoted her life to crochet, knitting and especially bag making. I think she has published about 30 books.
At the show her studio had been partially recreated and there were many photos.
Here are examples of some of her bags:
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Framed quilts
There was a section of framed quilts, or in many cases, embroideries:
This charming Mola had a lot of details in embroidery.
坂根羊有子＊Ms ? Sakane
Lyudmila Tsvyleva (Russia) (I wonder if the organizers got the spelling right)
加藤政子＊Masako Kato
鈴木貞子＊Sadako Suzuki
Some make perfect stitches, eh?!
長谷川紀子＊Noriko (?) Hasegawa
Nice use of knotted stitches.
大石容子＊Masako (?) Ohishi
Some make perfect stitches, eh?!
浅野小夜子＊Ms ? Asano
For the love of Old England.
廣江晴子＊Haruko Hiroe
Straight on it looks flat, but it isn't.
Let's look at quilts from the contest tomorrow.
