Forty-one wall quilts were created collaboratively by quiltmakers in Japan and the central Texas area as expressions of condolence following the 9/11 tragedy. Here is a selection of some of those quilts from the exhibit, Quilts that Helped Us Heal, at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, 2011.
These quilts are made up of more than 100 blocks that were made in Japan and then sent to San Antonio, where quiltmakers put them together into finished quilts. It is a wonderful celebration of two cultures.