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KAWASE Hasui（川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883-1957）

The Quilting Bee: The origin of “bee” comes from dialectal 'been' or 'bean' (meaning "help given by neighbors") and a Quilting Bee started out as an important means of socializing for colonial and pioneer women (and men). Through the winter months, the women would piece their quilt tops. Since there was no central heating in these homes, there was usually only one main heated room that was too crowded during the winter months for a quilt frame to be assembled. When the weather became warmer, an invitation was sent to the surrounding neighbors for the quilting bee.

On the day of the quilting bee, the quilters would arrive early and begin marking the quilt top which had been put into the quilt frame by the hostess. Very often, plates, thimbles and tea cups were used to mark the quilting patterns.

The quilters would then being to quilt the top while exchanging conversation. The quilt had to finished before the husbands and beaus showed up in the late afternoon when dinner was served to all, the hostess being given a chance to show off her cooking skills.

Stop and eat the flowers

You Make My World a Better Place to Find (1996-8) by Dario Robleto.

An Orange-Laced Nimaido Tosei Gusoku Armour for a Daimyo, Edo Period, 1603-1868

August   -   Tōshi Yoshida , 1982.

Japanese, 1911-1995

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