Japanese quilts

We met in Kuroha sensei’s shop, Nuno Space, hidden away in the Tokyo suburb of Chiba. The shop is tiny and we sat at a table in the middle of it, sipping green tea for an hour or two before s…

“Flowers Of The Cosmos” by Fumiko Nakayama Let me just say right up front that this quilt show exceeded expectations in every way. Something I really love about Japan is …

Here it is – the finished, bound quilt (just a label needed – I’ll do that later this afternoon when I get back from some errands). I did the quilting from top to bottom in line w…

It is the largest quilt show in the world. Visit the Tokyo Quilt Festival at the end of Jan. to see masterpieces of Japan's best textile artists on display.

Every year I wait anxiously to hear who won the big awards at International Quilt Festival in Houston. Last night, the Handi Quilter Best of Show Award went to Sherry Reynolds of Laramie, Wyoming for Eternal Beauty. According to the Houston Chronicle, the quilt was inspired by her late mother, Carolyn Craven, who died […]

'Blue Tone' by Aki Sakai is a prize winning quilts from International quilt week Yokohama 2012. It is hand-pieced, appliqued, and embroidered. Aki used both traditional patterns and her own designs. She loves flowers and blue sky and made this mainly blue quilt with the image of linking people by flower.

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I've got a great giveaway for you all today! Schiffer Publishing is giving away a copy of its latest release, "Japanese Contemporary Quilts and Quilters: The Story o

I have finished the Japanese good luck character, Kurume Kasuri Fukumoji, a quilt block from Susan Briscoe's well-researched book, Japanese Quilt Blocks to mix and match. The finished block measures 9.5 inches square, with a total of 33 peices, 29 of which are contained in the 5.75 inch square center...