Featherweight Challenge: From Japan

Hi From Kanazawa, Japan. We were in Tokyo in the last 5 days and we had just arrived in Kanazawa by Shinkansen bullet train (amazing speed). Here is my FC from Japan. Enjoy...!

This is my Featherweight Challenge third installment since Ria and started this challenge three months ago. My top is finished except the border. It measures 62" x 62" in size and 144 blocks with 720 strips. It's an international friendship quilt. Some of the fabrics came from Ria in the Netherlands and all the dark strips are Japanese fabrics. I got inspired to make this quilt by Kathie. Thanks so much Kathie, I will always treasure it.

My Featherweight sewing machine "Abela" is proudly presented here. Abela came from Texas, USA. She was born the same year as me so her and I are sewing sisters. I love sewing with her.

I have been sewing this quilt on our dinning table. I worked one section at a time. It might looks like that I just throw all the blocks together, but no it's quite complicated joining them together. I have to be careful not to put light and light or dark and dark blocks next to each other. It will ruin the weaving affect if I did that.
I don't have design wall, actually I don't have enough wall space for it! After I finished and pressed it late one afternoon where the sun shine into the dinning room so I hung it over the curtain rail and let the light shine through. Can you see the weaving affect now?
Ria asked me a few weeks ago if I've thought about the border? I told her no, I have not think about the border until she asked. Just then the idea came to me! I was about to leave for Japan. The land of Japanese fabrics! I can find a border fabric in Japan, woo hoo!!! Thanks Ria for asking.

I can find some fabric like these. Traditional tie-dye fabric. The photo courtesy of Japan Craft Journal. Any one of these fabric would be perfect for a border of my quilt. I only hope I can find this place. We are talking about Tokyo here. The busiest city in the world, it's going to be a challenge. Did I say I like challenge?

I'm still away for another week. Happy Easter everyone. Sorry if I don't get a chance to thanks all of you for commenting. Holiday can get very hectics...!

Posted from Kanazawa, Japan