Last Sunday, I went to Fuji City. First I had an early lunch with a friend, then attended an afternoon of drums, singing, dance, and a play involving dragons.
This was great - and so Japanese! The performers were all ages, from the little bitties to the very old. I wish everyone could experience this show.
Mt. Fuji view from Fuji City
Finishing the Queen’s Pocket progress
Hawaiian progress - I only worked a bit more on this, then folded it up. I’ll press it before I work on it again.
Summertime Mt. Fuji progress
Japanese Pattern 33
Last week the National Cancer Center in Japan announced the 10 year survival rate of people diagnosed with cancer is 54.0%, up slightly from the previous year’s survey with a survival rate of 53.5%. As a two time cancer survivor, I think this is good news. (I was diagnosed with cancer in 2014 and 2016).
The latest survey covered 394,108 people diagnosed with cancer across Japan, excluding those who died of other causes. The average age of those surveyed was 67.7 years.
The most common cancer in Japan is stomach cancer, which now has a 57.9% survival rate. The second and third most common types, bowel cancer and non-small cell lung cancer, have survival rates of 58.1% and 32.6%.
Great progress since last time! I could hardly leave the hexagons alone this week. I have 14 hexagon weeks still to quilt, then I can move on to the borders.
I’m quite pleased my progress on this quilt.
I really liked the experience, so I signed up to take two more classes with this teacher, Hitoshi Yamazaki. This is what I chose as my project. (I should have chosen something less difficult!)
Using this Japanese measuring tool, called a shaku, and a chisel, I went to work.
There were three other longer time students working on various projects. We had a tea time break in the middle of the three hour class.
This is what my piece looked like at the end of the class. I know, pretty sad looking. The teacher said it looked better than he expected!
This picture was taken by my teacher and sent to me.
I hope I can do better next time.
