First of all, I have received an e-mail from my friend which says her husband's kidney transplant operation really went well today. It gave me really peace of mind. I don't want my friends to have unhappy things even a little. But we sometimes have to struggle or fight with the fact in our life. To fight with myself is the hardest thing. I anyway cannot control other people even my husband, so I don't worry about it.
I hear a lot of bad or unhappy news from my friends (from both Japan and the USA) this year. When I heard from other friend about my friend's husband suicided, I couldn't say anything to cheer her up, just any words didn't come up in my brain. And other friend's husband found he has leukemia. Some of my quilt friends, or their family have a health problem that surgery needed, some lost their family. My brother had a big accident that he got 15 stitches on his leg (so many stitched inside for muscles, fortunately the bone was ok). There are even enough bad news for 2 years, but these happened in the last 6 months.
I have had a miscarried just before the new year's day, and my husband lost the job in Feb, but they are not a big deal compared to my friend's misfortunes.
Every time I hear the news, every time I realize I cannot practically help them, but mentally I hope.
Here is the good news for me today.
One of my tote bag was picked up by Etsy admin for treasury.
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=13452
This listing will be expired Friday 12:20pm June 20.
And received a package from Japan a while ago :)
Foods!
Japanese quilting magazines!
From the magazine : Bags
From the magazine : International quilt show in Korea
From the magazine : About Paducah city in KY
From the magazine : Red quilt
From added bonus of the magazine : quilt calender
Japanese quilts are very different and unique than American quilts. Very interesting :)
I hear a lot of bad or unhappy news from my friends (from both Japan and the USA) this year. When I heard from other friend about my friend's husband suicided, I couldn't say anything to cheer her up, just any words didn't come up in my brain. And other friend's husband found he has leukemia. Some of my quilt friends, or their family have a health problem that surgery needed, some lost their family. My brother had a big accident that he got 15 stitches on his leg (so many stitched inside for muscles, fortunately the bone was ok). There are even enough bad news for 2 years, but these happened in the last 6 months.
I have had a miscarried just before the new year's day, and my husband lost the job in Feb, but they are not a big deal compared to my friend's misfortunes.
Every time I hear the news, every time I realize I cannot practically help them, but mentally I hope.
Here is the good news for me today.
One of my tote bag was picked up by Etsy admin for treasury.
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=13452
This listing will be expired Friday 12:20pm June 20.
And received a package from Japan a while ago :)
Foods!
Japanese quilting magazines!
From the magazine : Bags
From the magazine : International quilt show in Korea
From the magazine : About Paducah city in KY
From the magazine : Red quilt
From added bonus of the magazine : quilt calender
Japanese quilts are very different and unique than American quilts. Very interesting :)
Congratulations on being in a treasury! Such pretty chocolate-brown shades.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry about all that bad news for everyone--surely it will have to stop now.
That red quilt is my favorite of the things you showed.
Hi Liz!
ReplyDeleteThank you! The colors were matched with the subject for them :)
I wish I could make such a great quilt like the one on the magazine. I am not enough patient to do, and I prefer American quilting way. (Most of the case, quilts in Japan means... hand pieced, hand quilted!)
Hello! I am from Singapore. My husband and I love Japan and visit yearly.
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Hi Catherine:
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comment!
I envy you can visit Japan yearly! I wish I could do that too! Which prefecture did you visit, and how did you like it? I am from Kyoto.
We just came back about a month ago. We were in Tokyo for about 10 days. We're always going back to Tokyo because of friends (Singaporeans, Americans and Japanese). I would love to visit Hakone, and Kyoto!
ReplyDeleteCatherine
Hi Catherine:
ReplyDeleteTokyo and Kyoto is very different! I hope you would have an opportunity to visit Kyoto someday. Don't you feel like the time passed too busy when you were in Tokyo? Kyoto is not as too busy as Tokyo, but I felt it was still too busy in Kyoto after I lived in the USA for 3 years. Time in Japan is too busy!