Japan-Afterword

A video of the Japan adventure, made by Toni Anderson, one of the three of us from the Santa Rosa Quilt Guild that were on the trip.  Enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPuqhT_T4kY&feature=youtu.be

Japan Day 8

Today is the last day of the trip, as tomorrow is all about travel. Our first adventure of the day involved Uber to a shop called Blue and White. Guess what colors they specialized in? Lots of indigo, pricy. I was a little disappointed at the size, small, and the cost. Needless to say I didn't buy much. After walking the neighborhood we taxied back the hotel.

Back to the quilt show.

These are the steps to get to the bottom. Not standard size either. My poor knees were not happy.

Now more quilts.

Farewell dinner tonight. Here's our fearless leader, Deb Haugen, saying farewell.

And now, several group photos.

Indigo dyeing class

Temple in Kyoto

Tea ceremony

Japan Day 7

Wow, the Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival certainly lives up to its name. Hundreds of quilts, hundreds of vendors and thousands of people. This post is going to be mostly quilt pictures, quilts followed by a detail picture if I took one.

i do love Paisley's.

Not a detail.

A quilt made for a charity raffle: theme, "My favorite animal," about 10x50-4" blocks. There were lots and lots of these.

More detail with embroidery and appliqué.

Interesting technique.

For my daughter Holly.

Embroidery.

Second place winner.

These yoyos are one inch and smaller, sometimes much smaller.

Detail of the third place winner, about 4" squares. The starting square is less than an inch.

Japan Day 6

Today started with a two hour bus ride SW from Tokyo, toward Mt Fuji. We ended up in the Fujikya Highlands near Lake Kawaguchi to visit the museum of Itchiku Kubota, a renowned kimono maker. The silk is hand tied then dyed up to 30 times, which takes about a year.

Detail from the above kimono.

All very rustic and modern at the same time. This is the entrance gate among beautiful Japanese cedars.

There was snow on the ground, cloudy and overcast so we never did see Mt Fuji.

We then drove back to Tokyo and Nippori Street. This is a street pretty much devoted to all things fabric. A two hour visit, and we're back at the hotel. We said goodbye to our guide Etsuko as she left us to go back to her home in Nara.

And so, the quilt show tomorrow🐱.