{"id":5076,"date":"2019-01-28T13:07:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T20:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?p=5076"},"modified":"2019-01-28T13:07:13","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T20:07:13","slug":"tokyo-quilt-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/tokyo-quilt-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Quilt Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\">\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/151\/animals-birds-+-feathers?fn=nl_20190126193622\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-image-5077\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FAMNGORB_MD.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5077\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FAMNGORB_MD.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/FAMNGORB_MD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/159\/ocean-fish-dolphins-mermaids-+-shells?fn=nl_20190126193622\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5078\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/INCAL2AZ_MD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" data-id=\"5078\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/INCAL2AZ_MD.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/INCAL2AZ_MD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/category\/197\/animals-peacocks-+-swans?fn=nl_20190126193622\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5079\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/HOMPC7VG_MD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" data-id=\"5079\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/HOMPC7VG_MD.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/HOMPC7VG_MD-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHello from Tokyo\nJapan! <br>\nToday is my second day at the Quilt Festival in the Tokyo Dome &#8211; the Baseball\nStadium. 250,000 people attend this weeklong festival &#8211; about 35,000 each day. <br><br>\nI&#8217;ve been visiting Japan since the early 80s (when I lived in Hong Kong), but\nin those days I was traveling to Osaka to textile factories. I&#8217;ve been coming\nto the Tokyo Quilt Festival for 10 years now, and I can see that the quilts are\ndramatically changing here in the last year or two. Japanese quilts have been\nknown for their exquisite handwork and detail, but now more and more\nquiltmakers here are using sewing machines. 2 of the top prizes are Handwork,\nand Machine Quilting. Every year I visit the Bernina booth, and yesterday they\nwere so busy I couldn&#8217;t get in the booth. <br><br>\nThe Junior exhibit is an inspiration. The work these young people submit, gets\nbetter every year. Several of the quilts have 3-D elements, like little stuffed\nfigures. These kids are amazing! <br><br>\nThere are also more Western tour groups here than I&#8217;ve ever seen. On my first\nday I&#8217;ve run into quilters I know, from Australia, England, France, Spain, and\nthe US. Last year there were Chinese and Russians too. I am here for 4 days and\nevery day is an adventure. <br><br>\nAfter my recent trip to China, it sure is nice to be able to drink the water,\nand to have nice clean Western-style bathrooms. By comparison, this trip is\nvery easy. I wish Sophie could have joined me! <br><br>\nTonight I went to a big Japanese department store in Shinjuku next to the train\nstation. We wandered around 8 floors and looked at all the unique Japanese\nproducts, then went to the top floor which had a couple dozen restaurants. We\nhad traditional tempura and sake, with a beautiful presentation of many small\ncolored ceramic dishes, each with a special single item. <br><br>\nI am of course taking lots of photos, and will be posting them next week. Watch\nfor next week&#8217;s Midweek Creative Nudge for more details. I like to make sure\nevery quilt image gives credit to the maker, which often means I have to use\nPhotoshop to paste in the name in Kanji characters. After all the work these\nquilters put into their masterpieces, it&#8217;s the least we can do! <br><br>\nsharing your Passion for Fabric&#8230; <br>\nLuana and Paul <br><br><\/p>\n<strong>Share Post:<\/strong><br><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5076&#038;t=Tokyo%20Quilt%20Festival&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5076&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F01%2FFAMNGORB_MD.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Tokyo%20Quilt%20Festival\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5076&#038;text=Hey%20check%20this%20out\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-pinterest nolightbox\" data-provider=\"pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Pin it with Pinterest\" href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5076&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F01%2FFAMNGORB_MD.jpg&#038;description=Tokyo%20Quilt%20Festival\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pinterest\" title=\"Pin it with Pinterest\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/pinterest.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-linkedin nolightbox\" data-provider=\"linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.equilter.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F5076&#038;title=Tokyo%20Quilt%20Festival\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"linkedin\" title=\"Share on Linkedin\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/64x64\/linkedin.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello from Tokyo Japan! Today is my second day at the Quilt Festival in the Tokyo Dome &#8211; the Baseball Stadium. 250,000 people attend this weeklong festival &#8211; about 35,000 each day. I&#8217;ve been visiting Japan since the early 80s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/tokyo-quilt-festival\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,18,20,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japan","category-quilts","category-travel","category-trends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5076"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5081,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5076\/revisions\/5081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}