The latest issue of a Japanese quilting magazine called "Patchwork Tsushin" contains an article written by my quilting teacher about the exhibition her classes had in July. My quilt, "To Everything There Is A Season" is featured. The article is of course written in Japanese. I asked sensei for a translation, and she has promised to type one up for me. What she said it was about is her experiences learning quilting in America and how the process goes beyond sewing pieces of fabric together. She sees a thread, if you will, running through people's lives connecting people of different cultures, experiences and beliefs into one community of quilters. My quilt is a Japanese Memory Quilt and in it I used first, the theme of seasons, relating both the differences in American culture and Japanese, and then some universal elements that tie us all together. The design grew from a very basic idea and involved research and thought into Japanese colors, symbols and methods.
