So besides the awesome fabric shopping that comes with living in Japan, of which I have extolled much on this blog, I have also eagerly been awaiting the time for me to go to the above building. Why? For the Yokohama International Quilt Festival. And the time has come, ladies and… gents? If any of you are here? For… Read More
WIP Wednesday: Snip Snip Snip
Or more accurately, roll roll roll of the rotary cutter as I’ve almost run out of white thread (my staple piecing colour) and so I don’t want to start something new until I’ve bought more! A quieter week this week as we head off today for a work conference. My husband gets to attend a Japanese radiation conference and we… Read More
Japanese Sampler Quilt: Blocks 1 and 2
I planned on making one block a week from Susan Briscoe’s ‘125 Japanese Quilt Blocks’, but after a night of cutting out Japanese fabric for three of the blocks, I ended up making more than one just today! Block 1 – Yosegi nikuzushi (simple pairs) Block 2 – Yosegi gokuzushi (simple fives) My goodness these fabrics are tricky little… things!… Read More
Sunday Stash: Dragonflies
This week was one of those weeks where I wasn’t planning on buying anything and other than the arrival of my Japanese quilt block book, I wasn’t expecting to have anything new. But then I got some squishy mail! I won these 2 fat quarters from Richard and Tanya Quilts for linking up with their Friday Finishes linky! The bluey… Read More
WIP Wednesday: Just Gettin’ Started
This week my on-the-go WIPs are actually in their infancy stage of planning and playing with fabric. Yesterday I finally got Susan Briscoe’s Japanese Quilt Blocks book! I’m going to be doing a Japanese sampler quilt using Japanesey Japanese fabrics in a blue and white colour scheme… I must admit to being scared of some, or most, of the harder… Read More
Hibaba Table Runner
I have wanted to try out a granny square block for a while now, since I first saw them popping up around the blogosphere. But it wasn’t until The Great Granny Along popped up that I commited. But not for a whole quilt – I don’t have the time or effort for another quilt on the WIP list. Around the… Read More
Sunday Stash: Japanese Collection
Last week I showed off the first half of fabrics I’d bought in Japan, and this week’s stars of my stash is the start of my “true” Japanese fabrics, with a dash of Japanese-themed print… This shinkansen print is for my son’s transport-themed quilt that I started almost a year ago but never got around to doing much on it…. Read More