Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival - Part 3

'Flowers of the Four Seasons' - ' Japan’s top quilt artists express their sentiment for flowers in their new pieces.'

This was an invited exhibit and not part of the competition.  As in 2015, some of my favourite quilts in the whole show were in this section. 
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I love the way Sachiko Yoshida has used vintage kimono fabrics, mainly chirimen, to make an array of applique blocks featuring asagao or morning glories in every imaginable colour combination.  This was the quilt I would most like to have taken home.

'Bloom over Time' by Kyoko Yoshida used old fabrics in tiny pieces to creat the illusion of curves.

Emiko Toda Loeb's two sided quilt was Glyn's favourite.  

The fabrics used for this are so subtle.

More exquisite vintage fabric, this time including a lot of shibori, giving a dappled effect to the surface.

I love modern fabrics with words used by a lot of Japanese quilters.

More vintage chirimen (crepe) silk.

From traditionally interpreted wisteria to modern abstract flowers...

Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival 2017 - part 2

The first category we looked at was the 'Wa" category, which is for quilts on a Japanese theme, 'Wa' being the ancient name for Japan.  In this category, the quilters' names are only presented in kanji, so I have added a close up of the information card for each quilt, but haven't had time to pick through all the names and figure them out.  If any of my Japanese friends want to help me, please do!

Recycled Japanese fabrics are overwhelmingly the materials of choice in this section.

This year, there seemed to be more abstract and fewer pictorial quilts than two years ago.  Also, the display boards were a much darker shade of green, which made the whole display seem a bit dark.

I love the simplicity of the block design in this quilt.  Title is '? kanaro miyama'.

The fabrics used for this piece were stunning, and had an effect like watercolour.

A great collection of vintage kasuri ikat and other indigo fabrics.

I love the katazome fabrics used in this quilt, but I find it so hard to cut up these lovely old fabrics into such small pieces in my own quilts.