Archive for the 'Travels' Category

Winter Japan Gardens

Published Date: January 25th, 2010
Category: Travels, quilting

Japanese gardens are beautiful in all season.  We visited in December in the southern island of Japan, Kushu so the weather was similar to late fall in New England.  There were no flowers however the garden were beautiful with the fall maple leaves changing and evergreen trees along with the water elements and the walking paths.  Here [...]

Inspiration from Japan

Published Date: January 6th, 2010
Category: Travels, quilting

Here are some inspirational photos from my trip to Japan.  The school kids are so cute.  I asked to take their photo and they were more than happy to have me take a photo.  The kids say Ni (two) instead of cheese and show two fingers.  I love the hats they all wear them.

We went [...]

Back from Kagoshima Japan

Published Date: December 18th, 2009
Category: Travels, quilting

Hi Everyone,
I am back from Kagoshima Japan.  It was a fast trip but lots of fun.  I went with a friend from High School and just having her on the trip with me was great fun.  I can not remember the last time we spent time together like that.  The WOW Quilt Art Show that [...]

Off to Japan

Published Date: November 17th, 2009
Category: Friends, Travels, quilting

My company JT Trading Corp is sponsoring the WOW (Women of the World) Friendship Quilt Display.  This group of quilts came out of a fabric challange where invitations were sent out to a group in 4 countries, Turkey, Japan, Australia and USA.  Each group leader chose 3 fabrics and invited 8 quilters from their group to take part.  All [...]

Quilt Market 2009

Published Date: October 28th, 2009
Category: Travels, quilting

Hi
Quit Market was early this year Oct 10-12.  JT Trading always has a booth and this year we felt the show was really good for us.  Everyone we spoke with was interest and took time to talk.  In past years it felt like everyone had somewhere else to be, very hectic.  This year I tried to have [...]

Taping for Quilting Arts TV

Published Date: September 2nd, 2009
Category: Travels, quilting

Hi Again
I just got back from taping a segment for Quilting Arts TV.  Look for us with Pokey Bolton during Series 500.  I had a great taping my segment of “Landscape Quilts From Your Own Photos” and meeting all the other talent doing their segments.  Below is a photo of the setup of the studio [...]

Greenfield Village Detroit

Published Date: July 16th, 2009
Category: Travels

I visited Greenfield Village in Detroit for the first time.  It is the museum that Ford built and it has something for everyone.  The village employs full time craftsman for glass blowing, tin smithing, pottery, weaving and many more.  The village also has old Ford cars driving around and giving rides.  The merry go round is wonderful.  You [...]

Quilt Shows and more shows 2009

Published Date: April 14th, 2009
Category: Travels

The first quarter of 2009 has been very busy with retail shows like the Mid Atlantic Quilt Festival in Hampton, VA at the end of February.  It was a nice show and our booth had a nice springy look but on the last day it started to rain and get colder and a noreaster blew in with [...]