Both authors are well-known in the industry and by readers.
Professional Japanese photographers hired to shoot the featured quilts.
Features 5 influencers in quilting: Yoko Sekita, Aki Sakai, Reiko Kato, Akiko Yoshimizu, and Megumi Mizuno.

Naomi Ichikawa, publisher of Quilt Diary Japanmagazine, also served for 20 years as editor in chief of Japan's first quilt magazine, Patchwork Tsushin. She was the curator of international exhibitions for International Quilt Week Yokohama for two decades. She lives in Tokyo.@qd_quiltdiary