Kawaii Applique Quilts from Japan How One Country’s Love of All Things Tiny Powers Today's Most Intricate Quilts with 5 Projects from Top Designers

<strong>The story behind the amazing, extremely detailed quilts rising in popularity today, with five kawaii projects to make.<br/> </strong><br/> “An enchanting celebration of kawaii (''small and cute’) quilts . . . Crafters will marvel at this.” —<em>Publishers Weekly</em> STARRED Review<br/> <br/> Understand how Japan’s beloved kawaii style began centuries ago, the world’s fascination with it, and its connection to the kawaii quilting phenomenon: appliqué quilts made with tiny pieces, typically tens of thousands of carefully manipulated bits of fabric in one quilt.<br/> <br/> <strong>Meet master quilters Yoko Sekita, Aki Sakai, Reiko Kato, Akiko Yoshimizu, Megumi Mizuno, and Hiroko Akita</strong>, who share with readers their techniques, studios, and masterpieces. <br/> <br/> <strong>Hundreds of colorful photos</strong> allow close-up appreciation of Japan’s kawaii culture and, of course, the contemporary quilts that express it. <br/> <br/> To allow readers to experiment with kawaii style, <strong>five step-by-step projects</strong> exclusive to this book are featured, designed by these master quilters.<br/> <br/> Whether you travel the world or simply release your imagination, let the Japanese kawaii quilt genre expand your appreciation of modern expressions in quilting.