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We met in Kuroha sensei's shop, Nuno Space, hidden away in the Tokyo suburb of Chiba. The shop is tiny and we sat at a table in the middle of it, sipping green tea for an hour or two before she was scheduled to teach a class. Kuroha san (as she is fondly known throughout…

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A serendipitous purchase led Patricia Belyea of Okan Arts to learn about Ayako Miyawaki, a Japanese stitch artist. The exhibit catalog showed Ayako’s highly original works combining scraps of fabric and household items, such as string and wicks. Asian Quilts, Curved Piecing, Textile Shop, Textile Craft, Sun Prints, Tokyo Shopping, Japan Country, Japanese Quilts, Contact Print

By Patricia Belyea SEATTLE WA I learned about Ayako Miyawaki (1905-1995) from an exhibition catalog of her textile art printed in 1988. The catalog introduction states: In 1945, at the age of 40, she began in an outburst of spontaneity and vitality to produce applique works out of rags, a material which she found in her everyday life. Ayako herself writes: World War II ended on August 15, 1945. On that day, when tears streamed ceaselessly down my cheek, I realized that from now on I would be…

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Have you ever heard of Big Stitch Quilting? Someone on instagram saw a quilt that I'm in the midst of working on and suggested I google "Big Stitch Quilting" and so I did! source It's a hand quilting technique that uses big stitches and there are lots of tutorials (and here) all over the internet. There are books, online classes, and entire websites dedicated to the topic. I have to say, I've done lots of Big Stitch Quilting before, but I didn't realize it had a name. I love the way the big…

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