21/12/2019
What's so different about Japanese Quilting? ๐ฎ
Japan is a very resourceful country. 100+ million people on a tiny land mass means that the Japanese people have become very thrifty, with tricks to make most out of any space, and also a rather complicated system of waste disposal.
This need for thrifty is reflected in Japanese quilting, where it relatively rare to find a quilt that hasnโt been made from scraps and/or many different, small, pieces of fabric. Whether intentionally scrappy, or thrifty buying of small selections of fabric, there is a sharp contrast between more โcohesiveโ quilts with the same line or style of fabric (such as solids), and those that are a glorious riot of colour and prints.