These were the Wa quilts in the contest that I saw.
柴田千恵子*Chieko Shibata
龍山千津子*Chizuko Tatsuyama cleverly used the Baby Block to make this Cherry Moon quilt.
This quilt, made by 満代由美子*Yumiko Mandai, has elements of folded fabric.
From a distance the fabric looks crumpled, as if it was left too long in the washing machine.
Study the close-up photo and you will see that a very narrow line has been stitched along a folded edge, this folding and stitching has been repeated in a crosswise way across the fabric. Pieces of this 'manipulated' fabric have then been cut and pieced together.
In this quilt you see, no, not dancing jelly beans, but a number of Daruma. It is a lucky charm in the form of a roly-poly doll. Read about Daruma Dolls here.
半よしゑ*Yoshie Nakaba (?)
須川明子*Akiko Sugawa played with another toy - the kite. All these kites have pictures of symbolic things. Can you see the Daruma Doll? The gold fish? The Japanese puffer fish? The rabbit?
堀岡雪江*Yukie Horioka tugged the heartstrings of her fellow Japanese.
横川れい子*Reiko Yokokawa stitched poetry.
In four panels on a large quilt 松本紀代子*Kiyoko Matsumoto celebrates the seasons with these flowers.
Now, I will break the rules here, and show two quilts from the Original category, that I think should have been entered in the 'Wa' category of the contest.
南久美子*Kumiko Minami's red chrysanthemums and butterflies.
大浦京子*Kyoko Oura's Japanese hamlet in snow.
They are certainly both original, but Oh, so Japanese.
Finally I will add the quilt that won the Grand Prix, obviously a Wa quilt, with vintage fabric.
永見州樹子*Sumiko Nagami