Thursday, January 30, 2020

Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival - part four - contest quilts

Just a few more favorites from the show!  Julie (My Quilt Diary), Carin (Queeniepatch), and Tanya (Taniwa) have a better eye towards the traditional quilts, and it's really worth checking out their blog posts!  You can find them in my sidebar!  They also have a much better shot at translating the Japanese names and quilt titles.

In these categories, there was no English on the cards. 

How's this for a house quilt (?!)














"I Live on Earth" by ______?




"Life" by _____?  Wish I'd taken more photos.  I loved this one.


I think this went together "potholder" style - what do you think? 





"Ariki Street" by Chikaku Ueno, one of Julie F's friends:








The narrowest of sashing, and most beautiful quilting: 


"Be at the crossroads" by _____?   I think it has a "boro" look, but neat and sharp.  And the persimmon color is so important.  



Inventive machine quilting:


"Mother's Everyday" by _____?  A young mom's day, in chronological order. 






"Happy Village" by Nam KyungSook





This whimsical alphabet quilt is in a "taupe" style. 








Pieces of Dreams by Yang GyeongMi: 


So traditional, and so special.  Each little block is a small masterpiece,

And the variegated hexagon border is so special:

Another one in the traditional category - just amazing - so carefully planned out, to get the colorful interlocking rings:



Just look at all this embroidery! 



There you have it!  What a week - the best.  I'm measuring my time in Japan by "how many more Tokyo Dome Quilt Shows will I see?" - two or three;).   Time to recover a bit and turn to my own simple projects. 

xo
Cynthia

13 comments:

  1. I can understand why you need multiple visits to the show! The quilts are so detailed and fascinating--just wonderful!

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  2. So special and interesting. I've been returning to all your show posts and poring over all the great photos. Thank you so much for sharing this.

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  3. One creative person who made that house quilt. I would never have thought of making a house scene to fit into those shapes.

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  4. Wonderful photos. My mind doesn't even think like the artists of these quilts.

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  5. wow...just wow. Thank you for sharing with us

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  6. Thanks for more beautiful creations to enjoy!

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  7. Absolutely beyond fabulous! And, yes I believe that is a potholder quilt!

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  8. No one does better house quilts. that first one is unreal! Thank you so so so much for sharing photos with us! I am studying each one. Amazing quilting and amazing creativity.

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  9. Thank you for sharing these. I really enjoyed seeing the quilts that interest you. I like all of these, but my favorite is the alphabet quilt.

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  10. Oh my goodness! I esp love Mother's everyday!

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  11. Have so enjoyed your pictures from the quilt show. The Indigo ones especially are just fabulous. All the wonderful stitching that you show is very special too. So glad you got to go back more than once and soak it all in!

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  12. All of these quilts are truly amazing. Thanks for sharing. I thoroughly enjoyed the show!

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  13. I love "I live on earth". I wish I could read more of the label! Thanks for sharing!

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