Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival 2020 - Part 3 - Framed Quilts

One thing that sets the Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival apart from other quilt shows, is the section of Framed Quilts. I have never seen this category in any other show.

Maybe it is wrong to call the entries 'quilts' as you would never be able to use them in bed. They might be quilted, but often are not, some are made up of pieces, either appliqué or piecework, but many should rather be classified as embroideries I guess.

Let's stop talking and start looking instead!

The first one IS a pieced piece, and made up of such tiny parts, my friend Julie had to take out her measuring tape to check.
加藤サト子＊Satoko Katoh

This is also pieced and there are machine appliquéd flowers as well as quilting.

鈴木梨香＊Rika Suzuki

The expression 'boro' is becoming well known all over the world. It means something that is torn or broken, and in the form of textiles, and garments especially, I would translate boro as rags.

Here 岡村智子＊Tomoko Okamura has indulged in mending, darning and patching up.

She even found a 'boro' dog!

Next up is a sketch, not made with pen or pencil, but by letting the sewing machine do the drawing.

松本睦子＊Mutsuko Matsumoto

Beautiful, yes indeed, but is it a quilt? Well, there seems to be some puffed up fabric in the vase, so it might have wadding inside.

小山内悦子＊Etsuko Oyamauchi (?)

showed off her knitting skills.

We loved this tiger, and the background IS pieced and quilted.

Spring is here! says 後藤恵子＊Keiko Gotoh with this

giant Japanese butterbur.

Deliciously bitter! Tasty when deep fried! Sunny inside the frame!

There are plenty of French Knots and Fly Stitch in this 'quilt'.

More framed quilt to come on a later blog post.

Finally I'd like to point out that as the names of the makers are only displayed in Japanese characters, kanji, and not in either of the two phonetic alphabets or in Roman script (ABC), it is impossible to be certain of how to pronounce the names. My apologies if I have misread any names.