I had an unexpected opportunity to go to the Sydney Quilt Show last weekend. So many stunning quilts to see! The intricate workmanship and time invested in these quilts was mind blowing. Here are just a few that took my eye!
Hello again. I hope you enjoyed yesterday's quick tour of some of the inspiring quilts from the recent Pour l'Amour du Fil show. If so, there is a further treat in store as I will now post photos of the gorgeous quilts designed and/or made by Yoko Saito featured in her new book Scrap Valley, which is published by Quiltmania. This post is going to be heavy on photos, light on text, so feast your eyes! I know I've said before that I am not mad keen on hexagons in the traditional Grandmother's Flower Garden arrangement - well, this is a glorious exception, just look at all those wonderful taupes. This was a cushion cover: tiny quilting stitches. Look how randomly she has cut from the striped fabric, and yet it works brilliantly. This one is called Blazing Sun. This is a small section of a beauty called Checkerboard, and before you start thinking about quick ways to strip piece it, you need to know that the squares measure about half an inch and they are all pieced over papers and whip stitched together with tiny stitches! These are not the hands of Yoko Saito herself but of her assistant who was patiently sewing together the tiny squares into rows. This quilt is titled 3955 pieces! It almost looks like a crocheted blanket at a distance with the dog tooth borders to the blocks. The close ups show the exquisite hand quilting which overlays the piecing, different for each block. Next is a wonderful bed quilt, entitled Kindness, which is in a soft palette. Meticulous applique and perfect feathered stars enhanced with beautiful hand quilting and embroidery. And the piece de resistance, to my mind, was this quilt in a rather unusual palette of greys and blues, not at all what I expected from Yoko Saito, but totally stunning in terms of its design and execution. This was quite a large quilt and, so far as I could see, the design did not repeat: all the applique flowers are different and they are embellished with a variety of embroidery stitches. There are birds and insects worked into the layout too, and then the whole thing is quilted freely. Exquisite. I think that a number of these astonishing quilts may be designed by Yoko Saito but made by other Japanese ladies. You would need to look at the book to be sure. Certainly I would need a number of lifetimes to be able to make all these beauties, and of course a massive transfusion of skill and Japanese sensibility! I have also included a few random pics of other quilts which took my eye for one reason or another; most of these are by Japanese quiltmakers showing the same devotion to their craft. Apart from the intricate piecing and applique, one of the striking characteristics of all these diverse quilts is that they are hand quilted, which gives them the most wonderful texture. I am now seriously reconsidering handquilting one or two of my pending quilts.... And here are a few quilts from Linda Koenig's stand which were rather more within my reach and skill level. And to finish, three quilts from recent issues of Quiltmania or its sister publication Simply Vintage which I might even think about making one day... Well done if you made it through to the end. I hope you don't have visual indigestion. As you can probably tell, I had a totally wonderful time at this show. I have posted only a fraction of the photos I took, and those photos recorded only a small part of all that there was to see. The stalls of the vendors were beautiful too with lovely samples to tempt us. I have put next year's date in my 2017 diary.
I had an unexpected opportunity to go to the Sydney Quilt Show last weekend. So many stunning quilts to see! The intricate workmanship and time invested in these quilts was mind blowing. Here are just a few that took my eye!
Okan Arts Quilting & Textile Tours to Japan are open for booking. To learn more +click here ABOVE: Detail of quilt by Yoko Saito PART FOUR: Yoko Saito Retrospective, Grand Prix Winners By Patricia Belyea TOKYO JP I have saved the best until the last! Let's start with the Yoko Saito Retrospective. Known as the founder of Taupeism, Yoko Saito started her quilting journey emulating traditional American quilt designs. Ultimately she found her true quilting voice with softer, low-volume colors and meticulous details. The exhibit opens with a country cabin surrounded by spring flowers—real blooming spring flowers that are fresh and fragrant! The show includes incredible quilts, bags, and a home display that demonstrate Yoko’s high design sense and needlework skills. Here is a photo of Yoko Saito today, busy signing books in her shop’s booth on the other side of the Festival floor: The most celebrated quilts at the Festival are the four Grand Prix Winners: FRIENDSHIP AWARD / Treasure Box by Megumi Yokoyama HAND MAKING AWARD: Quilt by Keiko Morihiro JAPAN QUILT GRAND PRIX, SECOND PLACE / Welcome to Martha”s Garden by Masami Ishibashi JAPAN QUILT GRAND PRIX FIRST PLACE / Quilt by Tokiko Yanazawa It has been my good fortune to attend Tokyo Quilt Festival four times. Each time is different yet I continue to see a remarkable dedication to the quilting arts. For some of you, this four-part blog series is your way to visit the Tokyo Quilt Festival and see a sampling of the show. For others, this series may be the catalyst to embolden you to venture to Tokyo in the third week of January and experience the Festival for yourself! To see PART ONE: Traditional Category, Original Design Category, Wa Category +click here To see PART TWO: Invitational Flower Story Exhibit, Bag Category, Partnership Quilts +click here To see PART THREE: Special Exhibits, Historic Fabrics +click here # # # # # ABOUT US: Okan Arts, a petite family business, is co-owned by mother-daughter duo Patricia Belyea and Victoria Stone. Patricia and Victoria sell Japanese textiles online, host creative quilting experiences, and lead quilting & textile tours to Japan. FOLLOW OKAN ARTS ON INSTAGRAM @okanarts
Greetings! I’ve been focused on the embroidery for the silk quilt border over the past week. The second border is almost complete and I cut and interfaced the other 2 borders to get them re…
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Delicate blossoms, lush greenery, and community - the inspiration behind my new quilt pattern "Community Garden". With its blossoming blocks, this 64" x 76" lap quilt is all piecing and no applique. It features the fabric line "Imaginary Flowers" by Gingiber for Moda Fabrics. But the pattern would look great in any fl
100% cotton standard pillowcase with multi colour print 50cm x 75cm Our bedlinen is made in OEKO-TEX® certified factories, no harmful chemicals have been used during the printing or dyeing processes
A whimsical quilt made in crisp cotton, this bedding essential features a blend of garden icons at the top with retro florals printed allover the reverse panel. Pair it with our Maisie Garden Quilted Sham Set for a coordinated bedding set. Available exclusively at Urban Outfitters. Features - Statement quilt from UO Home in crisp cotton - Finished with garden motifs at the front & floral motifs at the reverse - Reversible - flip it to create your own unique look - Lightweight, this versatile quilt is perfect to curl up under all year long - An eco-friendly upgrade, this item is OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 certified free of harsh chemicals - UO exclusive Content + Care - 100% Cotton; 100% cotton fill - OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 Certified - Meets OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 guidelines which independently test each component for harmful substances for textiles you can trust - Machine wash - Imported Size Twin/Twin XL - Dimensions: 90"l x 66"w Full/Queen - Dimensions: 86"l x 86"w King - Dimensions: 96"l x 104"w
Hello again. I hope you enjoyed yesterday's quick tour of some of the inspiring quilts from the recent Pour l'Amour du Fil show. If so, there is a further treat in store as I will now post photos of the gorgeous quilts designed and/or made by Yoko Saito featured in her new book Scrap Valley, which is published by Quiltmania. This post is going to be heavy on photos, light on text, so feast your eyes! I know I've said before that I am not mad keen on hexagons in the traditional Grandmother's Flower Garden arrangement - well, this is a glorious exception, just look at all those wonderful taupes. This was a cushion cover: tiny quilting stitches. Look how randomly she has cut from the striped fabric, and yet it works brilliantly. This one is called Blazing Sun. This is a small section of a beauty called Checkerboard, and before you start thinking about quick ways to strip piece it, you need to know that the squares measure about half an inch and they are all pieced over papers and whip stitched together with tiny stitches! These are not the hands of Yoko Saito herself but of her assistant who was patiently sewing together the tiny squares into rows. This quilt is titled 3955 pieces! It almost looks like a crocheted blanket at a distance with the dog tooth borders to the blocks. The close ups show the exquisite hand quilting which overlays the piecing, different for each block. Next is a wonderful bed quilt, entitled Kindness, which is in a soft palette. Meticulous applique and perfect feathered stars enhanced with beautiful hand quilting and embroidery. And the piece de resistance, to my mind, was this quilt in a rather unusual palette of greys and blues, not at all what I expected from Yoko Saito, but totally stunning in terms of its design and execution. This was quite a large quilt and, so far as I could see, the design did not repeat: all the applique flowers are different and they are embellished with a variety of embroidery stitches. There are birds and insects worked into the layout too, and then the whole thing is quilted freely. Exquisite. I think that a number of these astonishing quilts may be designed by Yoko Saito but made by other Japanese ladies. You would need to look at the book to be sure. Certainly I would need a number of lifetimes to be able to make all these beauties, and of course a massive transfusion of skill and Japanese sensibility! I have also included a few random pics of other quilts which took my eye for one reason or another; most of these are by Japanese quiltmakers showing the same devotion to their craft. Apart from the intricate piecing and applique, one of the striking characteristics of all these diverse quilts is that they are hand quilted, which gives them the most wonderful texture. I am now seriously reconsidering handquilting one or two of my pending quilts.... And here are a few quilts from Linda Koenig's stand which were rather more within my reach and skill level. And to finish, three quilts from recent issues of Quiltmania or its sister publication Simply Vintage which I might even think about making one day... Well done if you made it through to the end. I hope you don't have visual indigestion. As you can probably tell, I had a totally wonderful time at this show. I have posted only a fraction of the photos I took, and those photos recorded only a small part of all that there was to see. The stalls of the vendors were beautiful too with lovely samples to tempt us. I have put next year's date in my 2017 diary.
76" x 76" A modern twist on the traditional Trip Around the World quilt, LIPPITY TRIP represents more of a journey than a trip, around an imaginary garden owned by a certain (most intolerant) farmer, called Mr. McGregor. It features helpful arrows for guiding a familiar lost rabbit to gates where safe, surrounding blackberry hedges and his well-behaved siblings can be found. Beginner-friendly pattern. Please see second image for materials needed to create this 76" x 76" quilt. This listing is for the printed booklet version of this pattern. Please credit Pam Selkirk as the designer of this pattern when posting online/social media, etc. Thank you in advance for crediting and directing here.
Delicate blossoms, lush greenery, and community - the inspiration behind my new quilt pattern "Community Garden". With its blossoming blocks, this 64" x 76" lap quilt is all piecing and no applique. It features the fabric line "Imaginary Flowers" by Gingiber for Moda Fabrics. But the pattern would look great in any floral fabric. Imaginary Flowers will be shipping to your favorite quilt shop in February 2024, but the pattern is available now! This pattern is FabSwitch compatible. FabSwitch is my free app which allows you to switch out the fabrics in the original design with current fabrics preloaded in the app or with fabrics that you load yourself. You can then print out a revised picture with an updated fabric requirements list. Check out my demo video on the home page. The app is found online at app.fabswitch.com.
Name: It Looks Like My Garden Design: Playing with values, 6" HSTs, inspired by Katie Pedersen tutorial Size: approx 84" by 90" Fabric: assorted fabrics and scraps in light and dark values Quilted: by me with Aurifil 50 wt in light grey (2615) I finished my values quilt. I am in absolute love with this quilt. The explosion of colours and the play of values just hit all the right notes for me. My friend Sue saw the quilt when it was on the design wall and she said, "Hey, it looks like your garden." And it does so that is what I am calling it. I have wanted to make a values quilt for years. I have drooled over the values quilts that Katie Pedersen has made and I finally just had to do it. I used a variety of fabrics from my stash. Scraps, samples, bits of odd fabric. I was able to use up a lot of fabrics that would have lingered in my stash for who knows how long because they just work here. There are some bits of Anna Maria Horner, some Sandi Henderson, some Kaffe Fassett and a whole bunch of who knows what. There is even a print that may be a Martha Negley or Kaffe Fasset that has turnips and asparagus but chopped up in this quilt, it all works. I took a lot of pictures at different times of the day because I was finding it tricky to photograph the colour intensity. The evening shots like this one by the garden are a bit washed out but I wanted a picture by the flowers. So so details... The fabric is cut into 6" squares and then I made a zillion HSTs with light and dark volume fabrics. Sometimes, the light volume fabric turns up as dark volume fabric in another HST. That is part of the fun. I absolutely needed the design wall for this one. The quilting was a workout. I went for straight lines, 2 rows on either side of the seam lines vertically but not too close to the seams. I used light grey Aurifil 2615 because I wanted the thread to blend more with all the colours. I do love straight line quilting. Really. Love. Straight line. Quilting. I used a tone on tone purple fabric that has a flower print on it. I actually got it at the thrift store some time ago and I think there must have been about 8 or 10 metres of it because I have been using it in quilts and for binidngs for years and it just keeps on delivering. I find it to be a really lovely purple. I used it in the quilt too. And the back is a bunch of fabric. Pieced bits of leftovers and a lovely text fabric from Stof. See... it looks like my garden. Linking up with Amanda Jean for Finish it up Friday. This is a good finish.
The Louisa Garden Quilt is my first quilt pattern for Hemma Design. It's a fresh take on a traditional hexagon quilt with dimensional flower petals and over-sized blocks. The flower petals look complicated, but are easy to machine-sew. Illustrated instructions are easy to follow and include tips for sewing hexagons together. Please see back cover for finished sizes and fabric requirements. The pillow pattern and quilting guide are included.
I have started my next English Paper Piecing (EPP) project and I am excited to share with you today some photos of the progress of my quilt. After much consideration and browsing Pinterest and my rath
Hello again. I hope you enjoyed yesterday's quick tour of some of the inspiring quilts from the recent Pour l'Amour du Fil show. If so, there is a further treat in store as I will now post photos of the gorgeous quilts designed and/or made by Yoko Saito featured in her new book Scrap Valley, which is published by Quiltmania. This post is going to be heavy on photos, light on text, so feast your eyes! I know I've said before that I am not mad keen on hexagons in the traditional Grandmother's Flower Garden arrangement - well, this is a glorious exception, just look at all those wonderful taupes. This was a cushion cover: tiny quilting stitches. Look how randomly she has cut from the striped fabric, and yet it works brilliantly. This one is called Blazing Sun. This is a small section of a beauty called Checkerboard, and before you start thinking about quick ways to strip piece it, you need to know that the squares measure about half an inch and they are all pieced over papers and whip stitched together with tiny stitches! These are not the hands of Yoko Saito herself but of her assistant who was patiently sewing together the tiny squares into rows. This quilt is titled 3955 pieces! It almost looks like a crocheted blanket at a distance with the dog tooth borders to the blocks. The close ups show the exquisite hand quilting which overlays the piecing, different for each block. Next is a wonderful bed quilt, entitled Kindness, which is in a soft palette. Meticulous applique and perfect feathered stars enhanced with beautiful hand quilting and embroidery. And the piece de resistance, to my mind, was this quilt in a rather unusual palette of greys and blues, not at all what I expected from Yoko Saito, but totally stunning in terms of its design and execution. This was quite a large quilt and, so far as I could see, the design did not repeat: all the applique flowers are different and they are embellished with a variety of embroidery stitches. There are birds and insects worked into the layout too, and then the whole thing is quilted freely. Exquisite. I think that a number of these astonishing quilts may be designed by Yoko Saito but made by other Japanese ladies. You would need to look at the book to be sure. Certainly I would need a number of lifetimes to be able to make all these beauties, and of course a massive transfusion of skill and Japanese sensibility! I have also included a few random pics of other quilts which took my eye for one reason or another; most of these are by Japanese quiltmakers showing the same devotion to their craft. Apart from the intricate piecing and applique, one of the striking characteristics of all these diverse quilts is that they are hand quilted, which gives them the most wonderful texture. I am now seriously reconsidering handquilting one or two of my pending quilts.... And here are a few quilts from Linda Koenig's stand which were rather more within my reach and skill level. And to finish, three quilts from recent issues of Quiltmania or its sister publication Simply Vintage which I might even think about making one day... Well done if you made it through to the end. I hope you don't have visual indigestion. As you can probably tell, I had a totally wonderful time at this show. I have posted only a fraction of the photos I took, and those photos recorded only a small part of all that there was to see. The stalls of the vendors were beautiful too with lovely samples to tempt us. I have put next year's date in my 2017 diary.
I finished my hedgehog block! I know I've said this over and over but I love these and love working on them! I believe this is the final block, so this month I should be getting instructions on how to put it all together into a quilt! Right now I'm working on two projects that I cannot share on my blog: the International Miniature Quilt Exchange and Sue Spargo's new block of the month Homegrown. I'm enjoying both and someday will share some pictures, but not now! Sue Spargo's is a private group and not a published pattern yet, therefore we can't share photos. But I can tell you it's fun! Have a nice quilting day :)
Токио квилт фестиваль 2018, часть 1 Токио квилт фестиваль 2018, часть 2 Токио квилт фестиваль 2018, часть 3 Токио квилт фестиваль 2018, часть 4 Токио квилт фестиваль 2018, часть 5 Tokyo Quilt Festival 2018, part 1 Tokyo Quilt Festival 2018, part 2 Tokyo Quilt Festival 2018, part 3 Tokyo Quilt Festival 2018, part 4 Tokyo Quilt Festival 2018, part 5 Посты с фотографиями с квилт шоу в 2015-ом году можно посмотреть тут. You can find a lot of photos from Tokyo Quilt Festival 2015 here. Завершающий пост сегодня, все, что не вместила раньше плюс победители в категории традиционных квилтов. А начала я с этого яркого квилта, автор которого значится по-японски, а висел он посреди квилтов категории Wa. Today is the final post about the festival, I will show the photos of the winners in traditional category, but I started with this gorgeous quilt from Wa quilts, the author in the catalogue is in Japanese, again, sorry. Итак, победители в категории традиционных квилтов. Первый Приз - Rieko Hasegawa. Now to the winners in Traditional category. First Prize - "Pieces" - Rieko Hasegawa. Второй Приз - Emiko Kobayashi. Second Prize - Emiko Kobayashi. Третий Приз - Kyo Saito. Third Prize - Kyo Saito. Теперь повеселю детскими картинками и игрушками. Это был отдельный чей-то стенд, любоваться можно было долго :-) Next photos are from someone's stall-shop, I don't know the name, but it was such a fun to look at all the soft textile toys and creations! Теперь несколько квилтов, не вошедших в предыдущие посты. Some other quilts that didn't fit to the previous posts. Квилты с выставки по книге "Маленькие женщины". Masako Wakayama, очень красивый: Quilts from the exhibition by the book "Little women". By Masako Wakayama, very beautiful: Квилт Toshiko Kobayashi: Quilt by Toshiko Kobayashi: Квилт Isako Murakami: Quilt by Isako Murakami: Разные квилты. Other quilts on the show. Вот этот очень мне нравится, аппликация просто волшебная! I love this quilt, the applique is gorgeous! Чудесный квилт Ayako Kawakami :-) Когда я снимала его, две японки ко мне обратились и познакомили с автором, очень скромной мастерицей, очень приятной женщиной :-) Спросили меня, откуда я, очень были горды своим учителем (автор квилта - из категории учителей). Wonderful quilt by Ayako Kawakami, I was honored to meet the master, her friends (or students) introduced me to her when I was making my photos :-) И еще фото Shizuko Kuroha, когда она делала презентацию. Shizuko Kuroha making a presentation. И завершу показом небольшой части стен по окружности всего шоу - они заполнены квилтами, блоки в которых сшиты мастерицами из разных мест и стран, эти квилты участвовали в благотворительной акции - каждый год собираются блоки на определенную тему или по определенной схеме и сшиваются в квилты. I will finish my posts with the photos of charity quilts, each block in them is made by the quilter from all different places, great idea and great cause! Спасибо всем за внимание! Хорошего вам дня! Thank you all for your patience with all my pictures :-)))) Have a nice day!
Garden Trellis quilt. Pattern by Fresh Lemons.
В этом году фестиваль в Хьюстоне посетила Йоко Саито. Она привезла довольно обширную экспозицию своих работ. А так же провела несколько мастер-классов. Очень жаль, что я не смогла ее застать, она уже уехала к тому моменту, как я добралась туда. Хнык... Ну ничего, может быть в другой раз. Зато мне удалось насладиться ее работами. А уж они-то настоящий пир для глаз! Утонченность, элегантность, множество интересных деталей. Ее квилты можно рассматривать много раз и подолгу и каждый раз находить на них что-то новое. Ручная работа, аккуратность, я бы даже сказала, идеальность, завораживают. Поэтому я решила поместить квилты Йоко Саито в отдельный пост. И старалась каждый квилт, помимо общего плана, сфотографировать поближе. Давайте наслаждаться! Дальше - больше! Как-то так. Ещё были выставлены ее сумочки, но они были в стеклянных ветринах и их сфотографировать не получилось. Надеюсь, вам понравилось. Совсем скоро я перестану вас мучить. На сладкое я припасов отчёт об арт-квилтах. Приходите, там точно будет на что посмотреть!
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Bonsoir, Retournons à Nantes "Pour l'amour du fil" ! Aujourd'hui Yoko Saito la papesse de l'appliqué et pas que ! la plus célébre et la plus vénérée au Japon et reconnue en France bien sur... Qui n'a pas rêvé d'appliquer avec autant de perfection et...
В этом году фестиваль в Хьюстоне посетила Йоко Саито. Она привезла довольно обширную экспозицию своих работ. А так же провела несколько мастер-классов. Очень жаль, что я не смогла ее застать, она уже уехала к тому моменту, как я добралась туда. Хнык... Ну ничего, может быть в другой раз. Зато мне удалось насладиться ее работами. А уж они-то настоящий пир для глаз! Утонченность, элегантность, множество интересных деталей. Ее квилты можно рассматривать много раз и подолгу и каждый раз находить на них что-то новое. Ручная работа, аккуратность, я бы даже сказала, идеальность, завораживают. Поэтому я решила поместить квилты Йоко Саито в отдельный пост. И старалась каждый квилт, помимо общего плана, сфотографировать поближе. Давайте наслаждаться! Дальше - больше! Как-то так. Ещё были выставлены ее сумочки, но они были в стеклянных ветринах и их сфотографировать не получилось. Надеюсь, вам понравилось. Совсем скоро я перестану вас мучить. На сладкое я припасов отчёт об арт-квилтах. Приходите, там точно будет на что посмотреть!
Bladeren op schoot,.... Bloempjens er bij,.... Bloemstengeltjes zitten vast,... bladersliertje in ganzenpas door m'n tuintje,... de bladervoorraad is aanzienlijk geslonken, en, zeg nou zelf, da's een goed teken. En van het uitzicht op m'n tuintje, word ik BLIJ. Fijne dag allemaal,
