“The annual Tokyo Great International Quilt Festival presents the works of the best quilters in Japan. This is also the largest quilt show in the world, filling up the whole floor of the Tokyo Dome which is Tokyo’s indoor baseball and special events stadium. Roughly 250,000 Japanese and international visitors check out the quilts and special exhibits over the course of seven days. Apparently, this is the largest attended event in the Tokyo Dome (even beating out baseball).”
And, if experiencing the quilt show wasn’t enough – we spent a night at an Onsen hotel with views of iconic Mount Fuji.
We visited the Fushimi Inari Shrine and saw the magical, seemingly unending path of over 5000 vibrant orange torii gates that wind through the hills behind the Shrine.
And we took classes with Japanese artists in Shibori dyeing, Roketsu dyeing (a traditional wax-resist dyeing method),
and we even learned how to make sushi!
It was a wonderful trip. To see more photographs of all the amazing things we saw, please go to my blog and type “Japan” in the “Search” box.
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This past January (2019) Wendy and I sailed around the Hawaiian Islands aboard the Norwegian Pride of America! We had over 40 delightful quilters and traveling companions join us and it was a marvelous trip!
Here are just a few photos of all the fun:
Aloha
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Our previous cruise aboard the Norwegian Dawn was spectacular!
Here are a few pictures of the fun:
Alice and Karen along the St. Lawrence River in Quebec
A bit of autumn color and a rainbow at Montmorency Falls near Quebec City
The world’s largest fiddle in front of our ship in Sydney, Nova Scotia
Mary and Jane were the first to complete their fused lighthouse blocks on the trip!
A lobster Roll in Saint Johns, New Brunswick
Mahone Bay quilt shop – where they actually sold quilts
Our wonderful group at the reversing waters in St. John’s Bay
Peggy’s Cove lighthouse (I’m pretty pleased with this photo 🙂
Wendy photographing the Quiltsissies in a lobster trap
Celebrating Canada’s sesquicentennial
The Dawn’s reflection while leaving Halifax harbor
Atop Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park – Diane, Lynn, Mary and I with our ship in the distance.
A Bar Harbor selfie
The best clam chowder ever!!!
Sunset on Boston from a water taxi
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Pictures From Our Previous Adventure:
Here are just a few pictures from our wonderful time in the Pacific Northwest!
A couple of cut-ups
Shopping at Greenbaums
Sisters Quilt Show picnic
Our Favorite Show Quilt
We’re actually here!
The store that started it all!
A Seven Sisters table topper!
The Quilt Sissies
Multnomah Falls
Saw a beautiful part of the world with some interesting and fun people and learned a new fabric technique. Who could ask for anything more? I would go again in a heartbeat.
Sharon Grinyer, Madison, WI
Traveling with Sew We Go, with Chris & Wendy being in charge, was a fantastic experience. I hope to join them on another fun, memory making, great trip
