IQI I pieced and quilted this by machine. Nippori Textile Town in Tokyo is home to over 100 fabric shops. Easily overwhelmed, I focused on finding fabrics to make a new quilt for my bed. The print border fabric, with its modern representation of traditional Japanese textile techniques such as shibori and ikat, and its lovely colors caught my eye. I purchased this fabric and more, then blended in pieces from my collection back home to make a bedcovering that is more than a blanket. In it, is woven the memory of part of the first day of a phenomenal journey to a country whose history and respect for textiles and the people who work with them is beyond anything that can ever be imagined here in the United States.
Dreaming of Japan
Roberta Levin
