Quiltwest

I recently entered my first quilt competition (I previously entered a quilt showing which you can see here) with my Japanese quilt 'Sakura'.

It is 180cm square and took about 8 months to make.

The most of the designs are traditional Japanese crests and sashiko (a type of embroidery/quilting), many of which feature in Susan Briscoe's book "Japanese Quilt blocks to mix and match".

She has kindly written a post on her blog about it.