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This picture was taken at the sereiculture farm at Hachioji, Japan in the southwest section of the Tokyo Prefecture.

As you can see, our new found friends from the Tama Group were bidding us farewell, after our' silk experience day' at the farm. There we were able to see the active silk worms in this very building, busy devouring the mulberry leaves. We made 'floss silk' squares and actually reeled the tiny fibers from the cocoons, and made strands of filament silk thread. Talk about an exciting adventure.We wish everyone could have joined us.

Two new friends we meet on our trip to Japan in May, 2007

The SILK EXPERIENCE invited to Japan, September 2008
Ginny Eckley and I have been asked to teach for two week in five ciies in Japan, under the auspicious of Bernina of Japan. We will be featuring Ginny's wonderful silk screen applications and introducing our new 'Silk Thread Painting' processes.

QUILT FESTIVAL at Long Beach, July 25-27, 2008

IThe first west coast Quilt Festival by Quilts Inc. experienced a grand welcome by the the local area and visitng textilest. I joined Glennis Dolce of THE SHIBORI GIRL booth to show the wonders of shibori dyeing. It was wonderful to meet so many people who were awe struck with shibori work that Glennis does and she was such a gracious hostess to all. She has been using the Colorhue dyes for some of her gorgeous Shibori scarves and silk ribbon work. Visit her web site for pictures of her breath taking colorations.

Price Adjusting July 14, 2008

The new higher prices on freight costs mean we have increased
prices on some of our product. We appologize for this inconvenience.

The Internationat Quilt Festival at Houston

Even though we begin planning for those Houston classes nearly a year ahead, it is surprising how fast time flies before we must get really serious about preparing for those class presentation. The class catalog arrived a month or so ago, hope you all have had a chance to see our class listing. If not, the schedule is linked:
Quilt Market/FEstival Houston 2008

We look forward to seeing you all in our famous 'silk room' this fall at Houston. We all will be eager to show you new ways of utilizing those versitle silk fibers, in more ways than you can imagine. We promise to have pictures of The Silk Experience in Japan and we will be full of stories to share with you.

Our friend, collegue adn well known quilt artist from Japan will be teaching two classes for The Silk experience. Noriko is now using the silks and silk dyes for her new persentation of 'naturescapes'. We promise to have some of her work on display in the Silk Room.

AN INVITATION
We always welcome visitors to the Silk Room #381, at the noon break from 12-2. The room is located on the very last class row against the north wall, on the 2nd floor of the convention center. Every year I am convinsed that the classroom floor seems to have stretched in length.

We promise to have a grand display in the Silk Room of breath taking silk pieces for you to enjoy, even if you weren't fortunate enough to get into one of the classes.

NEW---THE SILK EXPERIENCE at Chicago 2009

For the first time Quilts. Inc have graciously invited us to expand our Silk Experience classes to the Chicago show in the spring of 2009. It will be a mini presentation of 3 days compared with our 7 days of classes at Houston. We are excited to expand our new and fresh ideas to the mid-west next year.

See the list of classes, times and teachers on the link
Quilt Festival Chicago 2009

Information about the Chicago show and their class schedule publication can be found on www.quilts.com Sign up early for our classes--they fill very fast. .

Maggie Backman © 2000-2008 Things Japanese
9805 NE 116 St, PMB 7160
Kirkland, WA 98034-4248
Phone 425-821-2287 - Fax 425-821-3554

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This picture was taken at the sereiculture farm at Hachioji, Japan in the southwest section of the Tokyo Prefecture.

QUILT FESTIVAL at Long Beach, July 25-27, 2008

AN INVITATION
We always welcome visitors to the Silk Room #381, at the noon break from 12-2. The room is located on the very last class row against the north wall, on the 2nd floor of the convention center. Every year I am convinsed that the classroom floor seems to have stretched in length.

We promise to have a grand display in the Silk Room of breath taking silk pieces for you to enjoy, even if you weren't fortunate enough to get into one of the classes.

Our Traveling Schedule

A Silk Study Tour to Japan, May 2009
Contact Maggie Backman (425 821 2287) for more information

Products

Silk Things We have things for silk

Home of Things Japanese

maggie's version of a BLOG

This picture was taken at the sereiculture farm at Hachioji, Japan in the southwest section of the Tokyo Prefecture.

QUILT FESTIVAL at Long Beach, July 25-27, 2008

AN INVITATION We always welcome visitors to the Silk Room #381, at the noon break from 12-2. The room is located on the very last class row against the north wall, on the 2nd floor of the convention center. Every year I am convinsed that the classroom floor seems to have stretched in length.

We promise to have a grand display in the Silk Room of breath taking silk pieces for you to enjoy, even if you weren't fortunate enough to get into one of the classes.

Our Traveling Schedule

A Silk Study Tour to Japan, May 2009 Contact Maggie Backman (425 821 2287) for more information

Products

AN INVITATION
We always welcome visitors to the Silk Room #381, at the noon break from 12-2. The room is located on the very last class row against the north wall, on the 2nd floor of the convention center. Every year I am convinsed that the classroom floor seems to have stretched in length.

A Silk Study Tour to Japan, May 2009
Contact Maggie Backman (425 821 2287) for more information