I will post tidbits from the show bit by bit.
Today I will show you work by some of the professional quilters, so called 'sensei'.
Plumeria by Yoshiko Kurihara 栗原淑子
To You by Yoko Sekita 関田陽子
Polish Pottery by Chieko Shiraishi 白石千恵子
Detail of the same quilt. Can you see all the crochet?
Be Happy by Megumi Mizuno 水野めぐみ
Detail of the same quilt
Field Sketch 'Cornflower' by Noriko Nozawa 野沢典子
Detail of the same quilt
Ainsley's Garden by Kazuyo Kanno 菅野和代
Following the Sweet Scent by Harue Yumoto 湯本晴枝
Detail of the same quilt, fantastic variety in the quilted background.
The Night Garden by Misaki Okabe 岡部美咲
Detail of the same quilt, the bias tape is made from velveteen and the mimosa so fluffy.
1) the ghastly wallpaper with black and white leaves, a most unflattering background for most of the quilts,
2) the unfortunate lightning. Above the quilts were beams that cast ugly shadows over the quilts by the strong spotlights of the baseball field. The shadows are very obvious on the quilt above and the one with the cornflowers. So sad, because those quilt were both stunningly beautiful, but did not photograph well.
However, I have to take my hat off to the organizers of The festival for paying such attention to displaying quilts well in another section, by building scenes for some of the quilts.
Yoko Saito, who is famous for her taupe quilts, also has a love of Scandinavian design. In recent years she has made a series of quilts and quilted items in misty blue, and they were displayed like this:
A Swedish falu red house had been built.
Real trees and live flowers had been planted in the artificial grass of the baseball field. The perfume of the daffodils was almost overpowering!
More goodies from the show another day.
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